Re: New function: rcd-highlight-list

[Jean Louis]

* tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> [2021-05-18 22:06]:
> > Yes, it is not for all circumstances. It will also not support too
> > many keywords as it uses hi-lock-face-defaults list
> 
> Perhaps the function `regexp-quote' is built for you :)

Good to know how to avoid ".*" regexp problems.

(defun rcd-highlight-list (list)
  "Uses LIST to highlight strings in buffer."
  (hi-lock-mode)
  (let* ((list (delete "" list))
        (highlights hi-lock-face-defaults))
    (while list
      (highlight-regexp (regexp-quote (pop list)) (pop highlights)))))

(rcd-highlight-list '("regexp-quote" ".*")) ⇒ it works well!


-- 
Jean

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