Re: Font-lock repeats itself

[Stefan Monnier]

> Note: I don't think a font-lock support mode is compatible with compile,

I'd take it to mean that your `compile' should not use font-lock or should
use it differently.  Especially since `jit-lock' is the default in Emacs-21.

> because I am dependent on everything before the current line having been
> parsed.  (At least the directory lines, but in practise that means
> everything.)

Font-lock does not give you this guarantee.


        Stefan


PS: I haven't looked at your recipe yet, so I'm not saying there's no
    bug, just that even if there's a bug, the fix will not ensure that
    "everything before point has been parsed".