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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-02-06 23:18:02 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2014-02-06 23:18:02 -0800
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downloademacs-99cf38598cd4ac71407b542ba0054fa0df018eb1.tar.gz
Some hi-lock doc
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Highlight Interactively): Mention hi-lock-auto-select-face. * lisp/hi-lock.el (hi-lock-auto-select-face, hi-lock-line-face-buffer) (hi-lock-face-buffer, hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer) (hi-lock-face-symbol-at-point, hi-lock-read-face-name): Doc tweaks. * etc/NEWS: Related edits.
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@@ -928,6 +928,12 @@ highlighting, Hi Lock provides several of its own and these are
pre-loaded into a list of default values. While being prompted
for a face use @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p} to cycle through them.
+@vindex hi-lock-auto-select-face
+Setting the option @code{hi-lock-auto-select-face} to a non-@code{nil}
+value causes this command (and other Hi Lock commands that read faces)
+to automatically choose the next face from the default list without
+prompting.
+
You can use this command multiple times, specifying various regular
expressions to highlight in different ways.
@@ -976,8 +982,8 @@ initial lower-case letters will become case insensitive.
@findex highlight-symbol-at-point
@cindex symbol, highlighting
@cindex highlighting symbol at point
-Highlight the symbol found near point without prompting, using the next
-available face automatically (@code{highlight-symbol-at-point}).
+Highlight the symbol found near point, using the next available face
+(@code{highlight-symbol-at-point}).
@item M-s h w
@itemx C-x w b