Mark Hansen once wrote: > Thanks for everyone's help with this. I'd like to get this "warning > face" working on columns > 80. I've tried this suggestion, but nothing > is happening. Below is my .emacs. If anyone can see anything wrong, > I'd appreciate the help. (I'm kind of a newbie with customizing my > emacs - have been using it "out of the box" for years, so sorry for > bother this list again) ... >
<.. .emacs snipped ..> well, you could drop this in [apologies for extremely hacked version of former reasonable elisp]: (defun my-font-lock-max-width() "Adds a 80 character line-width" (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("\\(.\\{80\\}\\)\\(.+\\)" 2 font-lock-warning-face nil)))) (add-hook 'font-lock-mode-hook 'my-font-lock-max-width) -- michael schupp +44.[0].20.754.50621 -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.