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bug#25841: 25.2; Highlighting not being updated in some modes.
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#25841: 25.2; Highlighting not being updated in some modes. |
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Date: |
Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:02:47 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Paul Whittaker wrote:
> In major modes that do not use syntax highlighting, the highlighting
> from highlight-regexp is not updated when the buffer content is changed.
> The highlighting appears to be static, based only on what was visible at
> the time that highlight-regexp was called.
This is the documented way highlight-regexp behaves:
Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP. Otherwise,
use overlays for highlighting. If overlays are used, the
highlighting will not update as you type.