From d1c89300331d14dbb610f394ea22a622cf73a885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Walters Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 04:18:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (font-lock-symbol-category-alist): New variable. --- lisp/font-core.el | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/font-core.el b/lisp/font-core.el index a00dc787315..f7964b609fe 100644 --- a/lisp/font-core.el +++ b/lisp/font-core.el @@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ wish to have fontification turned on and off by Font Lock. If this variable is non-nil, then calling `font-lock-mode' will simply toggle the symbol property `face' of CATEGORY-SYMBOL.") +(defvar font-lock-symbol-category-alist nil + "An alist of (SYMBOL . CATEGORY-SYMBOL) to help maintain categories. +This variable is not directly used by font-lock; instead it is +intended to be used by modes which use `font-lock-category-alist'. +Normally, you want category symbols to be uninterned, so that their +properties can be local to a buffer. This variable helps you maintain +a mapping between normal category names (i.e. interned symbols) and +their local uninterned versions.") + (defvar font-lock-function 'font-lock-default-function "A function which is called when `font-lock-mode' is toggled. It will be passed one argument, which is the current value of -- 2.39.5