pre-loaded into a list of default values. While being prompted
for a face use @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p} to cycle through them.
+@vindex hi-lock-auto-select-face
+Setting the option @code{hi-lock-auto-select-face} to a non-@code{nil}
+value causes this command (and other Hi Lock commands that read faces)
+to automatically choose the next face from the default list without
+prompting.
+
You can use this command multiple times, specifying various regular
expressions to highlight in different ways.
@findex highlight-symbol-at-point
@cindex symbol, highlighting
@cindex highlighting symbol at point
-Highlight the symbol found near point without prompting, using the next
-available face automatically (@code{highlight-symbol-at-point}).
+Highlight the symbol found near point, using the next available face
+(@code{highlight-symbol-at-point}).
@item M-s h w
@itemx C-x w b
(put 'hi-lock-file-patterns-policy 'risky-local-variable t)
(defcustom hi-lock-auto-select-face nil
- "Non-nil if highlighting commands should not prompt for face names.
-When non-nil, each hi-lock command will cycle through faces in
-`hi-lock-face-defaults' without prompting."
+ "Non-nil means highlighting commands do not prompt for the face to use.
+Instead, each hi-lock command will cycle through the faces in
+`hi-lock-face-defaults'."
:type 'boolean
:version "24.4")
;;;###autoload
(defun hi-lock-line-face-buffer (regexp &optional face)
"Set face of all lines containing a match of REGEXP to FACE.
-Interactively, prompt for REGEXP then FACE. Use
-`read-regexp-defaults-function' to customize default
-value(s) of REGEXP. Use the global history list for FACE.
+Interactively, prompt for REGEXP using `read-regexp', then FACE.
+Use the global history list for FACE.
Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP. Otherwise,
use overlays for highlighting. If overlays are used, the
;;;###autoload
(defun hi-lock-face-buffer (regexp &optional face)
"Set face of each match of REGEXP to FACE.
-Interactively, prompt for REGEXP then FACE. Use
-`read-regexp-defaults-function' to customize default
-value(s) of REGEXP. Use the global history list for FACE.
+Interactively, prompt for REGEXP using `read-regexp', then FACE.
+Use the global history list for FACE.
Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP. Otherwise,
use overlays for highlighting. If overlays are used, the
;;;###autoload
(defun hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer (regexp &optional face)
"Set face of each match of phrase REGEXP to FACE.
-Interactively, prompt for REGEXP then FACE. Use
-`read-regexp-defaults-function' to customize default
-value(s) of REGEXP. Use the global history list for FACE. When
-called interactively, replace whitespace in user provided regexp
-with arbitrary whitespace and make initial lower-case letters
-case-insensitive before highlighting with `hi-lock-set-pattern'.
+Interactively, prompt for REGEXP using `read-regexp', then FACE.
+Use the global history list for FACE.
+
+When called interactively, replace whitespace in user-provided
+regexp with arbitrary whitespace, and make initial lower-case
+letters case-insensitive, before highlighting with `hi-lock-set-pattern'.
Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP. Otherwise,
use overlays for highlighting. If overlays are used, the
(defalias 'highlight-symbol-at-point 'hi-lock-face-symbol-at-point)
;;;###autoload
(defun hi-lock-face-symbol-at-point ()
- "Set face of each match of the symbol at point.
-Use `find-tag-default-as-symbol-regexp' to retrieve the symbol at point.
-Use non-nil `hi-lock-auto-select-face' to retrieve the next face
-from `hi-lock-face-defaults' automatically.
-
-Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight symbol at point.
-Otherwise, use overlays for highlighting. If overlays are used,
-the highlighting will not update as you type."
+ "Highlight each instance of the symbol at point.
+Uses the next face from `hi-lock-face-defaults' without prompting,
+unless you use a prefix argument.
+Uses `find-tag-default-as-symbol-regexp' to retrieve the symbol at point.
+
+This uses Font lock mode if it is enabled; otherwise it uses overlays,
+in which case the highlighting will not update as you type."
(interactive)
(let* ((regexp (hi-lock-regexp-okay
(find-tag-default-as-symbol-regexp)))
(defun hi-lock-read-face-name ()
"Return face for interactive highlighting.
When `hi-lock-auto-select-face' is non-nil, just return the next face.
-Otherwise, read face name from minibuffer with completion and history."
+Otherwise, or with a prefix argument, read a face from the minibuffer
+with completion and history."
(unless hi-lock-interactive-patterns
(setq hi-lock--unused-faces hi-lock-face-defaults))
(let* ((last-used-face