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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/font-lock.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/font-lock.el | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el index 0758a6dae48..d688fd85354 100644 --- a/lisp/font-lock.el +++ b/lisp/font-lock.el @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ ;; User variables. (defcustom font-lock-maximum-size 256000 - "*Maximum size of a buffer for buffer fontification. + "Maximum size of a buffer for buffer fontification. Only buffers less than this can be fontified when Font Lock mode is turned on. If nil, means size is irrelevant. If a list, each element should be a cons pair of the form (MAJOR-MODE . SIZE), @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ for buffers in Rmail mode, and size is irrelevant otherwise." :group 'font-lock) (defcustom font-lock-maximum-decoration t - "*Maximum decoration level for fontification. + "Maximum decoration level for fontification. If nil, use the default decoration (typically the minimum available). If t, use the maximum decoration available. If a number, use that level of decoration (or if not available the maximum). @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ decoration for buffers in C++ mode, and level 1 decoration otherwise." :group 'font-lock) (defcustom font-lock-verbose 0 - "*If non-nil, means show status messages for buffer fontification. + "If non-nil, means show status messages for buffer fontification. If a number, only buffers greater than this size have fontification messages." :type '(choice (const :tag "never" nil) (other :tag "always" t) @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ happens, so the major mode can be corrected." ;; themselves. (defcustom font-lock-support-mode 'jit-lock-mode - "*Support mode for Font Lock mode. + "Support mode for Font Lock mode. Support modes speed up Font Lock mode by being choosy about when fontification occurs. The default support mode, Just-in-time Lock mode (symbol `jit-lock-mode'), is recommended. |