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Re: editing buffer -> call function
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Nikolaj Schumacher |
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Re: editing buffer -> call function |
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Mon, 18 May 2009 21:24:48 +0200 |
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Sebastien LE MAGUER <Sebastien.Le_maguer@irisa.fr> wrote:
> I wonder how to call a function everytime a buffer is updated. For example :
> - I want to highlight each instance a specific word
> - Every time I write this word after the search, I want to highlight it
> automatically or if I delete an instance of it clear the overlay.
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> Can you help me ?
Use the hook `after-change-functions'.
Or you can leave the work to `highlight-regexp'. Look at
highlight-symbol.el[1] for an example.
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
[1]: http://nschum.de/src/emacs/highlight-symbol/