bug#13917: 24.3.50; Elisp manual: Font Lock Mode

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

>> However, a font lock entry of the type
>>
>> ,----
>> | (MATCHER . (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP1 VAL2))
>> `----
>>
>> does not actually work. What works is any of the forms:
>>
>> ,----
>> | (MATCHER . (0 (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP1 VAL2)))
>> | (MATCHER 0 (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP1 VAL2))
>> | (MATCHER (0 (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP1 VAL2)))
>> `----
>>
>> (Where the first two are of course equivalent).
>
> Hm...  is this a bug in the documentation or the code, though?  It seems
> like it would be logical for the described syntax to work, doesn't it?

Perhaps Stefan as an opinion; added to the CCs.

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