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Re: overlays?
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Jambunathan K |
Subject: |
Re: overlays? |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:51:44 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> writes:
> Since now I understand the difference between font-lock and overlays,
> I need to find out what hi-lock.el uses them for and what it does with
> them.
If you do
M-x font-lock-mode
then font-lock gets disabled (or enabled).
If font locking is disabled, hi-lock will use overlays and not the
fontification engine for displaying highlights.
(I think in certain terminal types, font-locking is not available and
overlays get used. Someone can correct me if I am wrong or provide more
information in this regard.)