Carlos> When I open a large .c file, my pretty font-lock doesn't Carlos> paint my file. The file has to be about 700 or 800 KB to Carlos> do this. Of course an obvious fix is not to have .c files Carlos> so big but sometimes it's unavoidable. Let me know what Carlos> other info is needed to be able to get to the bottom of Carlos> this. Carlos> I seem to remember in the past setting in my .emacs to Carlos> paint on-the-fly rather than all at once upon opening. I Carlos> don't remember the setting off-hand, but it didn't work Carlos> for me. If someone knows the variable that affects this, Carlos> I should probably try it again on this new version of Carlos> Xemacs. Hi Carlos, try * font-lock-maximum-size - If non-nil, the maximum size for buffers for fontifying. Adrian Carlos> Thanks. -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Glynn> Carlos Cantu wrote: Glynn> C-h v font-lock-maximum-size Glynn> C-h f lazy-lock-mode Which hasn't really worked for me since 21.5.5 or so. It become broken when the syntax changes (?) were done. Still broken today. Ray