Re: Trying to disable the fontification of strings in fundamental-mode

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> wrote:

> I managed to get the following code to work:
>
>> (defadvice fundamental-mode (after my-remove-strings
>> activate)
>>   (if (eq major-mode 'fundamental-
>> mode)
>>       (set (make-variable-buffer-local 'font-lock-string-face) nil)))

Sorry that I missed that there's no `fundamental-mode-hook'.  You can
use `after-change-major-mode-hook' instead.  You'll still need to test
the major-mode variable the way you did.

Also the right function is `make-local-variable', not
`make-variable-buffer-local'.  Sorry, I always mix those up.

> I don't see the problem about using advice.  I use advice all of the
> time in Emacs.

Advice can certainly do the job.  But they are a very powerful tool that
can break a lot of stuff, unless you're careful.  Hooks are made for
this very purpose, however.

Some discussion about this is here:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/AdviceVsHooks


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher