[Axiom-developer] mmm-noweb and fontification

[C Y]

In case this triggers a flag for anybody, it looks like this might
be what we need (or mmm-mode needs anyway) to fontify in such a way
that chunks are avoided:

;;; Fontification functions.

;; Rather than the function, e.g., `font-lock-fontify-region' containing
;; the code to fontify a region, the function runs the function whose
;; name is the value of the variable, e.g.,
;; `font-lock-fontify-region-function'.  Normally, the value of this
;; variable is, e.g., `font-lock-default-fontify-region'
;; which does contain the code to fontify a region.  However, the value
;; of the variable could be anything and thus, e.g.,
;;`font-lock-fontify-region' could do anything.  The indirection of the
;; fontification functions gives major modes the capability of modifying
;; the way font-lock.el fontifies.  Major modes can modify the values
;; of, e.g., `font-lock-fontify-region-function',
;; via the variable `font-lock-defaults'.

;; Languages that contain text normally contained in different major
;; modes could define their own fontification functions that treat text
;; differently depending on its context.  For example, Perl mode could
;; arrange that here docs are fontified differently than Perl code.  Or
;; Yacc mode could fontify rules one way and C code another.  Neat!

That sounds like the ticket, now to figure out how to use it!