Re: Some parts of font locking in my new major mode works only after modifying the buffer

[Stefan Monnier]

> 1 <editword> <n> Words = {Esc} $2 $1;
> 2 
> 3 ### Lines
> 4
> 5 New Line = {Enter};
> 6 Newline Indent = {Ctrl+j};
[...]
>   '(("^\\([^=]+\\)=" 1 font-lock-variable-name-face)

This regexp will match (on the first call) "<editword> <n> Words =" on
the first call.  And on the second it will match:

" {Esc} $2 $1;

### Lines
New Line ="

This text includes parts that are already highlighted (the "### Lines"
comment), so font-lock doesn't apply the text-property.  You can force
it to apply the text property (using the OVERRIDE part of the rule, see
C-h v font-lock-keywords), but I doubt that's what you want anyway,


        Stefan