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Emacs syntax highlighting for new keywords introduced in parameterised libraries support

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#12,567 opened on Oct 13, 2025

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Syntax highlighting needs to be added in the emacs configuration here: https://github.com/ocaml/dune/blob/main/editor-integration/emacs/dune.el. Documentation about the new keywords can be found here: https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/12111. This should be a matter of updating the emacs config to include keywords like parameters, library_parameter, etc.

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Read the documentation in PR #12111 to identify all new keywords. Then edit the Emacs configuration file dune.el to add them in the appropriate place.
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