TIL that to use a face (e.g. created with DEFFACE) in FONT-LOCK-KEYWORDS (#Emacs), you need to declare a binding whose value is the name of the face. So for a face named FOO-FACE, just add (DEFVAR FOO-FACE 'FOO-FACE). This happens because Font Lock expects faces in FONT-LOCK-KEYWORDS lists to be symbol whose value is the face to use.
I would love to know why Font Lock cannot realize that the symbol is the name of a face and use it directly.
Nicolas Martyanoff /
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2025-03-15 22:33:26
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