Re: How do I get emacs to highlight subroutine calls in c-mode.

[Tom Oswald]

jan wrote:
> lawrence mitchell <wence@gmx.li> writes:
>
>
> > > (bind-hook c-mode-hook
> >
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > You probably meant:
> >
> > (add-hook 'c-mode-hook
> >
> >
> > >         (font-lock-add-keywords nil
> > >                 '(("\\<\\(\\sw+\\) ?(" 1 font-lock-function-call-face))) t))
>
>
> Yes, sorry, I didn't test the code I posted, I just extracted the
> relevant looking parts from my init files and accidentally included my
> bind-hook macro. Here is a tested version
>
> ;; turn on font lock with maximum decoration
> (global-font-lock-mode t)
> (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration t)
>
> (require 'font-lock)
>
> ;; create a face for function calls
> (defface font-lock-function-call-face
>   '((t (:foreground "DarkBlue")))
>   "Font Lock mode face used to highlight function calls."
>   :group 'font-lock-highlighting-faces)
> (defvar font-lock-function-call-face 'font-lock-function-call-face)
>
> ;; add it to the font lock tables
> (add-hook 'c-mode-hook
>           (lambda ()
>             (font-lock-add-keywords
>              nil
>              '(("\\<\\(\\sw+\\) ?(" 1 font-lock-function-call-face)) t)))

How would I add italic to the display?  At present it displays the function 
names in "DarkBlue".  What would be required to display function names in 
"DarkBlue" plus italics?

Tom