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-rw-r--r--lisp/hi-lock.el2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/hi-lock.el b/lisp/hi-lock.el
index a81cefacb03..536a1af8462 100644
--- a/lisp/hi-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/hi-lock.el
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ the major mode specifies support for Font Lock."
'regexp-history-last)))
(hi-lock-read-face-name)
current-prefix-arg))
+ (when (stringp face)
+ (setq face (intern face)))
(or (facep face) (setq face 'hi-yellow))
(unless hi-lock-mode (hi-lock-mode 1))
(hi-lock-set-pattern