From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#239: 23.0.60; \ is considered whitespace syntax in Lisp mode? 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Wed, 21 May 2008 22:46:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59726 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jz0p2-0004Jh-3e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2008 22:46:28 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:57435 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jz0p1-0001tM-Si for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 May 2008 22:46:28 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Jz0oy-0002W1-L6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 May 2008 02:46:24 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-190-29-163.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.190.29.163]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 22 May 2008 02:46:24 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-190-29-163.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 22 May 2008 02:46:24 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-190-29-163.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) In-Reply-To: <004a01c8b573$4f9c29c0$0200a8c0__47416.9436296963$1210737166$gmane$org@us.oracle.com> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 23:11:46 -0400 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:16:02 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:18098 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > emacs -Q > In *scratch*, type a backslash followed by a TAB and a letter: > > \ b > > Put the cursor on the letter. > M-: (skip-syntax-backward "\\s-") > > The cursor is on the backslash. IOW, it skipped not only the > whitespace but also the \, which should have escape syntax. > > This is the first time I've noticed this, so I'm guessing there is a > good explanation and this behavior is somehow correct. But looking at > the Elisp manual, I don't get that impression. Willing to learn... The SYNTAX argument to skip-syntax-forward and -backward is not a regexp. The argument in the example above means to skip any character with any of 3 syntax classes: \ escape s [not a valid syntax class] - whitespace -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA