2006-08-01 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+ * font-core.el (font-lock-extend-region-function)
+ (font-lock-extend-region): Move to font-lock.el.
+
+ * font-lock.el (font-lock-extend-region-function)
+ (font-lock-extend-region): Move from font-core.el. Simplify.
+
+ * jit-lock.el (jit-lock-fontify-now): Cause a second redisplay
+ if needed.
+ (jit-lock-start, jit-lock-end): New dynamic scoped vars.
+ (jit-lock-after-change-extend-region-functions): New hook.
+ (jit-lock-after-change): Use it instead of hard-coding font-lock code.
+
* font-lock.el (font-lock-extend-jit-lock-region-after-change): New fun.
(font-lock-turn-on-thing-lock): Use it.
;; directives correctly and cleanly. (It is the same problem as fontifying
;; multi-line strings and comments; regexps are not appropriate for the job.)
+(defvar font-lock-extend-region-function nil
+ "A function that determines the region to fontify after a change.
+
+This variable is either nil, or is a function that determines the
+region to refontify after a change.
+It is usually set by the major mode via `font-lock-defaults'.
+Font-lock calls this function after each buffer change.
+
+The function is given three parameters, the standard BEG, END, and OLD-LEN
+from `after-change-functions'. It should return either a cons of the beginning
+and end buffer positions \(in that order) of the region to fontify, or nil
+\(which directs the caller to fontify a default region). This function
+should preserve point and the match-data.
+The region it returns may start or end in the middle of a line.")
+
+(defun font-lock-extend-region (beg end old-len)
+ "Determine the region to fontify after a buffer change.
+
+BEG END and OLD-LEN are the standard parameters from `after-change-functions'.
+The return value is either nil \(which directs the caller to chose the region
+itself), or a cons of the beginning and end \(in that order) of the region.
+The region returned may start or end in the middle of a line."
+ (if font-lock-extend-region-function
+ (funcall font-lock-extend-region-function beg end old-len)))
+
(defun font-lock-fontify-buffer ()
"Fontify the current buffer the way the function `font-lock-mode' would."
(interactive)