Re: kill ring menu

[Colin Walters]

On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 23:50, Miles Bader wrote:

> Comint also has several variables that control highlighting
> (`comint-highlight-input' and `comint-highlight-prompt').
> 
> That seems like a general question:  should modes that are converted to
> use font-lock keep any previous ad-hoc highlight-control variables for
> compatibility, or just delete them?
> 
> * Deleting them probably isn't _such_ a big deal, since 99% of all
>   package-external uses are just setting them (so if they disappear, it
>   won't cause an error or anything, like deleting a function).

If the variable defaults to on, I think deleting it (and adding
`turn-on-font-lock' to the hook) is the best bet.  Most users probably
won't have changed the default.