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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/jit-lock.el')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/jit-lock.el b/lisp/jit-lock.el index be26ca55f0d..9543253cf24 100644 --- a/lisp/jit-lock.el +++ b/lisp/jit-lock.el @@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ Preserves the `buffer-modified-p' state of the current buffer." :group 'font-lock) (defcustom jit-lock-chunk-size 1500 - "Jit-lock fontifies chunks of at most this many characters at a time. + "Jit-lock asks to fontify chunks of at most this many characters at a time. -This variable controls both `display-time' and stealth fontification. +The actual size of the fontified chunk of text can be different, +depending on what the `fontification-functions' actually decide to do. + +This variable controls both display-time and stealth fontifications. The optimum value is a little over the typical number of buffer characters which fit in a typical window." |