Hello,
In your example, `:next:' is a tag. Tags and keywords are different entities. https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html You should be able to do what you want by customizing `org-tag-faces'. Yours, Christian Pierre-Henry F. writes: > Hello, > > I would like to extend the org-mode markup. > > For example, I would like to change the face of a keyword, say: :next: . > > Whenever :next: is displayed from an org-mode buffer, it should show up in > using an arbitrary face. > > I tried this: > > (defun org-add-my-extra-markup () > (add-to-list 'org-font-lock-extra-keywords > '("[^\\w]\\(:next:\\)[^\\w]" > (1 font-lock-warning-face t)))) > > (add-hook 'org-font-lock-set-keywords-hook #'org-add-my-extra-markup) > > But it does not work. > > So: how to extend org-mode markup? > > Many thanks, > PHF