Re: checking jit-lock-defer-multiline

[Stefan Monnier]

> The recent change to `jit-lock-fontify-now' may disable checking the
> `jit-lock-defer-multiline' property in a number of cases.  It might make
> sense to introduce a variable `jit-lock-defer-multiline' with default
> nil.  Modes like `perl-mode' would set this to t and the check in
> `jit-lock-fontify-now' become:

>             (when (and jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos
>                        (>= jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos start)
>                        (< jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos next)
>                        (not jit-lock-defer-multiline))
>               (setq jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos next))

Hmm... Could you give some example (concrete or hypothetical) where the
problem you mention comes up?


        Stefan