Re: font-lock question

[Stefan Monnier]

> For many years I had the following statement in my .emacs file:
> (defun show-tabs () "Show tabs with a slightly changed background"
>   (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("\t"  (0 'tab-face t))) t))
> (add-hook 'font-lock-mode-hook 'show-tabs)

> This has worked without any problems up to 22.1.
> In version 22.2 and 23 I do have problems with syntax highlighting due
> to these few lines above, e.g. when I try M-x list-faces-display
> all colors are gone.

> So here's my question. Did that only work by accident in older versions?
> Maybe I have to change this code slightly for 22.2 and CVS version, but I
> can't see what's wrong, when I look at the docu for font-lock-add-keywords.

Yes, looks like a bug to me,


        Stefan