Re: cperl-mode "fatigue"

[Klaus Zeitler]

>>>>> "Da" == Da Witch <heather710101@yahoo.com> writes:
    Da> 
    Da> I've noticed that sometimes, especially after I have been editing a
    Da> buffer for a long time, or if I try to use "qw( ... )", cperl-mode
    Da> begins to show signs of "fatigue" (for lack of a better word).  For
    Da> example, syntax-based highlighting stops, and everything I type
    Da> appears in the default foreground text color; or else everything
    Da> appears in the color reserved for quoted strings.
    Da> 
I had this problem every once in a while with all emacs 20 versions, but
haven't observed it anymore since I switched to emacs 21. I always thought
that this is a font-lock problem. From emacs 21.1 on I've used jit-lock
(instead of fast-lock) as font-lock support mode.

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