Re: Bug in highlight-lines-matching-regexp?

[Deniz Dogan]

2009/4/20 Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>:
> Deniz Dogan <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Deniz,
>
>> I recently found some strange behavior in the highlighting
>> functionality provided by highlight-lines-matching-regexp. I'm not
>> sure whether this is a bug or not, which is why I'm asking.
>>
>> Reproduction:
>> 1. Open a text file with any relevant contents.
>> 2. M-x highlight-lines-matching-regexp and highlight something in the file.
>> 3. M-x revert-buffer RET yes RET
>> 4. Now the highlighting is gone, which I can accept, however...
>> 5. M-x highlight-lines-matching-regexp RET RET
>> 6. Nothing is highlighted this second time!
>>
>> Is this a bug or expected behavior?
>
> I've just tried it, and it works for me as it should when reusing the
> previous regexp (which is the default) in step 5.
>
> Did you try with "emacs -Q" to be sure that no local customization
> causes the breakage?
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo

Yes, I tried this with emacs -Q and I still experience the same
behaviour. FWIW, here's the output from view-lossage:

M-x h i g h l <tab> l i n <tab> <return> S T R O K E <return> <return>
M-x r e v e r t - b u f <tab> <return> y e s <return> M-x <up> <up>
<return> <return> <return>

I should also mention that I didn't modify the file before reverting
the buffer, so the contents were exactly the same.

--
Deniz Dogan