Variable: hi-lock-file-patterns-range

hi-lock-file-patterns-range is a customizable variable defined in hi-lock.el.gz.

Value

10000

Documentation

Limit of search in a buffer for hi-lock patterns.

When a file is visited and hi-lock mode is on, patterns starting up to this limit are added to font-lock's patterns. See documentation of functions hi-lock-mode(var)/hi-lock-mode(fun) and hi-lock-find-patterns.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/hi-lock.el.gz
(defcustom hi-lock-file-patterns-range 10000
  "Limit of search in a buffer for hi-lock patterns.
When a file is visited and hi-lock mode is on, patterns starting
up to this limit are added to font-lock's patterns.  See documentation
of functions `hi-lock-mode' and `hi-lock-find-patterns'."
  :type 'natnum
  :group 'hi-lock)