GNU bug report logs - #9704
24.0.50; need command to fontify whole buffer

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; need command to fontify whole buffer
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:09:26 -0700

From emacs-devel thread "command to fontify whole buffer":
 
> From: Stefan Monnier Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:23 PM
> > Sometimes I want to fontify a whole buffer (really).  One 
> > use case is to be able to then use the fontification for other (e.g. code)
> > purposes than visual highlighting.
> 
> Agreed.  We need two functions:
>
> - font-lock-flush-region (which marks the region for 
>   re-fontification).
> - font-lock-ensure-region (which makes sure the region is fontified).
>
> The functions we have were designed before lazy/jit lock and were
> adjusted in ad-hoc ways when jit/lazy was added.

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-09-19 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt'
 

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, 9704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.0.50; need command to fontify whole buffer
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:57:20 +0100

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>>From emacs-devel thread "command to fontify whole buffer":
>
>> From: Stefan Monnier Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:23 PM
>> > Sometimes I want to fontify a whole buffer (really).  One 
>> > use case is to be able to then use the fontification for other (e.g. code)
>> > purposes than visual highlighting.
>> 
>> Agreed.  We need two functions:
>>
>> - font-lock-flush-region (which marks the region for 
>>   re-fontification).
>> - font-lock-ensure-region (which makes sure the region is fontified).
>>
>> The functions we have were designed before lazy/jit lock and were
>> adjusted in ad-hoc ways when jit/lazy was added.

font-lock-flush and font-lock-ensure has existed since 25.1, so I'm
closing this bug report.

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