Re: perl mode color highlighting working badly

[Stefan Monnier]

> I did back in Sept. I think it is what started this thread with me being
> copied on the emails

Sorry, I thought you were talking about more than just this one bug.

At least, AFAIK the one bug we were discussing is the one where opening
a file, then moving then turning on global-font-lock-mode, ends up with
misfontified text.  I understand this bug and know of various ways to fix
it, but none seem very attractive right now.

This can explain the highlighting problems and the indentation problems, but
I'm not sure how it explains the "highlight and then dehighlight as you
type" you mention.

And of course, it doesn't explain the verilog problem.

> I can send you one of the files if you would like.

I suspect it depends not just on the files but on the usage pattern.
If you could describe how you usually open/visit/navigate those files, it
may help me understand why you see the problem so often and give me some
hint about what kind of fix might be preferable.


        Stefan