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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Chaos Eternal <chaoseternal@shlug.org>
Cc: 16670@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16670: mistreaded '(' in left-most column when quoted in a string
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hgmwi4ch58.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGyY8NvT_v4uLNzArUG9qUXVg0+HT44zxvO9q_R_Q8vQ=eHPxw@mail.gmail.com> (Chaos Eternal's message of "Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:50:02 +0800")

Chaos Eternal wrote:

> (let ((a "
> string begins here
> ( ;; this left parenthesis will be mistreaded as start of a expression
> "
>    )) ;; parenthesis-matching from this line will get broken.

Hi, this is a documented issue.
See info node `(emacs)Left Margin Paren'.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Left-Margin-Paren.html






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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-06  9:50 bug#16670: mistreaded '(' in left-most column when quoted in a string Chaos Eternal
2014-02-06 16:58 ` Glenn Morris [this message]

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