Re: eLisp fontlock with mmm-mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

Joe Kelsey wrote:

> Aside from that, support for mixed-mode buffers suffers in Emacs due
> to limitations on the ability of using syntax tables for multiple
> purposes in a buffer.   The design of syntax tables implies that a
> single syntax table controls an entire buffer in a single style. 
> mmm-mode attempts to get around this by "dynamically" switching syntax
> tables as the point moves through various areas of a buffer.  One very
> noticable side effect involves the fact that when you set up the
> syntax table for a particular sub-buffer, it changes the entire buffer
> view.  Until someone comes up with a way to regionalize syntax tables,
> you just have to live with the "bleeding" of syntax table-based
> font-locks between buffer regions.


I thought that had already been done; from the Special Properties node
of the Emacs Lisp manual:


| Properties with Special Meanings
| --------------------------------
| 
|    Here is a table of text property names that have special built-in
| meanings.  The following sections list a few additional special property
| names that control filling and property inheritance.  All other names
| have no standard meaning, and you can use them as you like.
...

| `syntax-table'
|      The `syntax-table' property overrides what the syntax table says
|      about this particular character.  *Note Syntax Properties::.

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Kevin Rodgers