Re: font-lock-add-keywords in hi-lock.el

[Bill Wohler]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>   signal(error ("Font-lock trying to use keywords before setting them up"))
>>   error("Font-lock trying to use keywords before setting them up")
>>   font-lock-compile-keywords(nil t)
>>   font-lock-fontify-keywords-region(1 81 nil)
>>   font-lock-default-fontify-region(1 80 nil)
>>   font-lock-fontify-region(1 80)
>>   mh-add-sequence-notation(1 t)
>
> So it looks like the problem is that you call font-lock-fontify-region
> without first setting up font-lock variables (e.g. by calling
> font-lock-mode or font-lock-set-defaults).

The manual doesn't mention either font-lock-fontify-buffer or
font-lock-fontify-region. Is that because the manual is incomplete or
because we are using font-lock in an undocumented way?

Nonetheless, if font-lock-default-fontify-buffer calls
font-lock-set-defaults, it seems that font-lock-default-fontify-region
should as well, thereby fixing the problem.

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