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Subject: bug#31915: 26.0.50; highlight-regexp does not highlight regexp
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Please invoke Emacs via:

    $ emacs -Q --eval "(let ((x \"x\"))                 \
                         (find-file x)                  \
                         (insert x)                     \
                         (highlight-regexp x 'hi-green) \
                         (when font-lock-mode (insert x)))"

The docstring of highlight-regexp states:

    Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP.  Otherwise,
    use overlays for highlighting.  If overlays are used, the
    highlighting will not update as you type.

Since font-lock-mode is clearly enabled when the second "x" is inserted,
I expect it to be highlighted. However, only the first "x" is highlighted.

Could you please adapt the docstring or, alternatively, highlight-regexp
to match what is documented with what is observed? Personally, I would
prefer that also the second "x" be highlighted in this case. Thank you!


In GNU Emacs 26.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
 of 2016-10-21 built on my computer
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Subject: bug#31915: 26.0.50; highlight-regexp does not highlight regexp
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> From: Markus Triska <triska@HIDDEN>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:26:13 +0200
> 
> Please invoke Emacs via:
> 
>     $ emacs -Q --eval "(let ((x \"x\"))                 \
>                          (find-file x)                  \
>                          (insert x)                     \
>                          (highlight-regexp x 'hi-green) \
>                          (when font-lock-mode (insert x)))"
> 
> The docstring of highlight-regexp states:
> 
>     Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP.  Otherwise,
>     use overlays for highlighting.  If overlays are used, the
>     highlighting will not update as you type.
> 
> Since font-lock-mode is clearly enabled when the second "x" is inserted,
> I expect it to be highlighted.

Actually, that buffer is in Fundamental mode, where there's no
font-lock.  Somehow, I suspect you already know that.

> Could you please adapt the docstring or, alternatively, highlight-regexp
> to match what is documented with what is observed?

Would it suffice to say "Note that in Fundamental mode, there's no
font lock, so overlays are always used"?  Or did you mean something
else?

Thanks.

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Markus Triska <triska@HIDDEN> writes:

> Since font-lock-mode is clearly enabled when the second "x" is inserted,
> I expect it to be highlighted. However, only the first "x" is highlighted.

"If overlays are used, the highlighting will not update as you type."
Do you want to clarify that this also applies to text that is inserted
without typing it?


Michael.

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@HIDDEN> writes:

> Actually, that buffer is in Fundamental mode, where there's no
> font-lock.  Somehow, I suspect you already know that.

In the snippet I posted, I used the variable font-lock-mode to test
whether font-lock is enabled. Its documentation states:

    Non-nil if Font-Lock mode is enabled.

Is this documentation valid? If not, could you please adapt it, or -
alternatively - make the implementation match the description?

> Would it suffice to say "Note that in Fundamental mode, there's no
> font lock, so overlays are always used"?  Or did you mean something
> else?

Personally, I suspect that adding this would not cover all cases. I get
this impression from looking at hi-lock-set-pattern:

      (if (and font-lock-mode (font-lock-specified-p major-mode))

This condition seems to be different from what is documented.

Thank you and all the best,
Markus

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Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@HIDDEN> writes:

> "If overlays are used, the highlighting will not update as you type."
> Do you want to clarify that this also applies to text that is inserted
> without typing it?

This would be a welcome clarification, since it seems to be the case!

All the best,
Markus

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