Here is a new and improved version of my patch, which supersedes the previous buggy version: --- font-lock.el~ 2002-10-31 07:06:16.000000000 -0800 +++ font-lock.el 2004-01-17 21:38:27.930925000 -0800 ＠＠ -2503,9 +2503,10 ＠＠ (list (concat "\\<\\(" + "assert\\|" "break\\|byvalue\\|" "case\\|cast\\|catch\\|class\\|continue\\|" - "do\\|else\\|extends\\|" + "do\\|else\\|enum\\|extends\\|" "finally\\|for\\|future\\|" "generic\\|goto\\|" "if\\|implements\\|import\\|" ＠＠ -2691,10 +2692,10 ＠＠ '("\\(＠beaninfo\\)" 0 font-lock-keyword-face t) ;; Doc tag - Links - '("{ *＠link\\s +\\([^}]+\\)}" + '("{ *＠link\\(?:plain\\)?\\s +\\([^}]+\\)}" 0 font-lock-keyword-face t) ;; Doc tag - Links - '("{ *＠link\\s +\\(\\(\\S +\\)\\|\\(\\S +\\s +\\S +\\)\\) *}" + '("{ *＠link\\(?:plain\\)?\\s +\\(\\(\\S +\\)\\|\\(\\S +\\s +\\S +\\)\\) *}" 1 font-lock-function-name-face t) )))