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Re: New function: rcd-highlight-list
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tomas |
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Re: New function: rcd-highlight-list |
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Tue, 18 May 2021 20:47:48 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 08:43:21PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> * tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> [2021-05-18 20:28]:
> > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 08:08:29PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> > >
> > > (defun rcd-highlight-list (list)
> > > "Uses LIST to highlight strings in buffer."
> > > (hi-lock-mode)
> > > (let* ((list (delete "" list))
> > > (highlights hi-lock-face-defaults))
> > > (while list
> > > (highlight-regexp (pop list) (pop highlights)))))
> > >
> > > Just feed to this function a list of strings to highlight:
> >
> > What happens if one of the strings is ".*"?
>
> Yes, it is not for all circumstances. It will also not support too
> many keywords as it uses hi-lock-face-defaults list
Perhaps the function `regexp-quote' is built for you :)
Cheers
- t
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