Re: mode for highlighting/annotating log files or other docs?

[Vagn Johansen]

unfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com> writes:

> On Jun 23, 4:17 pm, Brendan Miller <catph...@catphive.net> wrote:
>> Ok, to answer my own question, you can just assign keybindings to
>> these commands in order to colorize text:
>>
>> facemenu-set-default
>> facemenu-set-bold
>> facemenu-set-italic
>> facemenu-set-bold-italic
>> facemenu-set-underline
>> facemenu-set-face
>> facemenu-set-foreground
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Format-Faces...
>>
>> 2010/6/23 Brendan Miller <catph...@catphive.net>:
>>
>>
>>
>> > I have to work with large log files, and often have trouble keeping
>> > track of what's going on in different sections of the log.
>
> I never knew about this and it looked interesting. However, when I
> tried it, I found it is useless in any buffer that is using a font-
> lock mode, which is 99% of everything I do.
> Any way to get this to work, or something similar, for font-locked
> buffers?
>
>  David

hi-lock-mode 

See the manual under "Interactive Highlighting"

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Vagn Johansen