Re: How can I predict which regions xdisp will present me for font-locking?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Stefan.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 03:25:26PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I hope this isn't one of these "send complete details" questions, but:

> > In a file.hpp, inside a 3355 line macro (I kid you not), I type a single
> > character.  xdisp responds by presenting jit-lock, successively, with
> > four areas to fontify.  (This was determined by
> > trace-function-background on `font-lock-fontify-region').

> While "complete details" would be nice, just showing the actual four
> areas, plus the corresponding position of point (and maybe also the
> position of beginning and end of the macro) might be a good starting
> point,

The font locking boundaries were indeed set by CC Mode. 

Sorry for wasting people's time.

>         Stefan

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).