Re: [emacs-humanities] highlighting parts of the org file

[Edgar Vincent]

"l@tlo" <lists@traduction-libre.org> writes:

> Edgar,
>
> Thank you for the proposition.
>

[…]

>> Hi Jean-Christophe,
>> 
>> Perhaps you could try something like this to make the highlighting permanent?
>> 
>> ┌────
>> │ ;; Alist of the form '((REGEXP . FACE) …)
>> │ (setq ev/hi-lock-permanent-keywords
>> │       '(("@(.+)" . hi-red-b)))
>> │ 
>> │ (defun ev/hi-lock-permanent-highlight ()
>> │   (hi-lock-mode 1)
>> │   (mapc (lambda (r)
>> │           (highlight-regexp (car r) (cdr r)))
>> │         ev/hi-lock-permanent-keywords))
>> │ 
>> │ (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'ev/hi-lock-permanent-highlight)
>> └────
>
>
> What is the difference with:
>
> ;; ajouter une colorisation pour mes notes @ dans le texte
> (setq font-lock-keyword-org-extra-comments
>      '(("(@[^)]*)\\|@([^)]+)\\|@[^\s\n\r]+"
>         (0
>          '(:background "light yellow"
>            :foreground "red")
>          prepend))))
>
> ;; Add this after having required org-mode
> (font-lock-add-keywords 'org-mode
>                       font-lock-keyword-org-extra-comments
>                       t)
>
> (require 'org)
>
>
> in terms of mechanism
>
> My understanding is that I'm calling the function when I enter org-mode, with 
> the hook, so it simulates the permanency by calling the function on file 
> opening, correct?

Sorry, I'd missed that snippet that you mentioned earlier. Your
understanding is correct and your snippet is probably cleaner
(although both probably work similarly under the bonnet).