Re: address@hidden: C++-mode: Syntax highlighting: wrong color for function identifier depending on the kind of whitespace that follows]

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Indeed.  You can use contextual refontification, tho:
>> 
>> (if jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos
>> (setq jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos
>> (min jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos
>> (re-search-backward "<<" limit t))))
>> 
>> it's specific to jit-lock, tho.

> Provided the "<<" is still after window-start, though.

Huh?  Why would window-start matter?

> In any case, it's completely inappropriate to search tags in the hook.
> The hook should trigger an idle timed function that would do the search.
> And you could calmly replace the 1000 characters limit by something more
> useful.

I'm not sure which hook you're talking about.  The code I wrote above is
meant to be used on font-lock-keywords when finding a ">>".


        Stefan