Re: XKCD/541 compliance, anyone?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Do I get it correctly that it "outputs" a function, so that I can
> write
> (setq syntax-propertize-function (syntax-propertize-rules (...)))
> ?

That's right.

> I have global font lock mode, so font locking is on everywhere.

Nope: global-font-lock-mode only enabled font-lock in those modes where
there are font-lock keywords defined.

>>> but then again, not in message mode, for instance.
>> Probably because font-lock-keywords-only is set to t, so font-lock
>> doesn't end up calling syntax-ppss.
> Now that is strange: it seems that font-lock-keywords-only is set to t
> in mu4e-message mode (where I'm now), but grepping through mu4e sources
> didn't give any results (nor did isearching message.el).  I'll have to
> look into this further (check other modes etc.)

That's because font-lock-keywords-only is set indirectly via the 2nd
element of `font-lock-defaults'.


        Stefan