From cb8fb597e5bf4f14bf091aaa0c984117f4243605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 15:55:10 +0300 Subject: * lisp/hi-lock.el (hi-lock-line-face-buffer): Doc fix. (Bug36448) --- lisp/hi-lock.el | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/hi-lock.el b/lisp/hi-lock.el index b02fbc905b5..ce16c924524 100644 --- a/lisp/hi-lock.el +++ b/lisp/hi-lock.el @@ -409,7 +409,11 @@ versions before 22 use the following in your init file: (defalias 'highlight-lines-matching-regexp 'hi-lock-line-face-buffer) ;;;###autoload (defun hi-lock-line-face-buffer (regexp &optional face) - "Set face of all lines containing a match of REGEXP to FACE. + "Highlight all lines that match REGEXP using FACE. +The lines that match REGEXP will be displayed by merging +the attributes of FACE with any other face attributes +of text in those lines. + Interactively, prompt for REGEXP using `read-regexp', then FACE. Use the global history list for FACE. -- cgit v1.2.1