Re: cperl-mode "fatigue"

[Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>]

>>>>> "Da" == Da Witch <heather710101@yahoo.com> writes:
> I've noticed that sometimes, especially after I have been editing a
> buffer for a long time, or if I try to use "qw( ... )", cperl-mode
> begins to show signs of "fatigue" (for lack of a better word).  For
> example, syntax-based highlighting stops, and everything I type
> appears in the default foreground text color; or else everything
> appears in the color reserved for quoted strings.

It's probably a bug in CPerl which raises a signal during font-locking
and which in turn turns off on-the-fly fontification.
Upgrading cperl-mode might/should fix it.


        Stefan