Re: Giving "text quotes" syntax in font-lock-syntax-table only

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Could you test the patch below to see if it makes the old code
>> work correctly?
> Yes, the fontification doesn't get scrambled with this modification.

Thanks.  I pushed it to `master`.

> If I understand correctly, fontification still can fail even with this
> fix, if `font-lock-syntax-table' is modified after font lock mode is
> enabled.

Yes, if `font-lock-syntax-table` is modified/set directly rather than
via the 4th element of `font-lock-defaults`.

> So I think it's preferable to advertise that `font-lock-syntax-table'
> should not modified directly, unless the modification is restricted
> within translation between ".",  "w" and "_", once after font lock
> mode is enabled.

We should probably deprecate the use of `font-lock-syntax-table`, indeed.


        Stefan