Re: Best way to detect font-lock mode is on?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Just wanting to know what people would suggest as the best way to detect
> if font-lock mode is enabled. 

Wrong question, I suspect.

> I have two functions I use in a mode to determine if the point is
> currently within a comment or a string. If font-lock mode is enabled,

So IIUC the real question is how to determine if you're within a comment
or string.  The answer is (nth 4 (syntax-ppss)) and (nth
3 (syntax-ppss)) respectively (and (nth 8 (syntax-ppss)) if you want to
check whether you're within either of the two).

> As you can see, I'm using font-lock-defaults to test whether font-lock
> is enabled. Is this the best way to go or is there a more
> reliable/better test to use?

Any reason not to use `font-lock-mode'?


        Stefan