From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backward-up-list
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:48:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200207171348.g6HDmpt02497@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D3574F6.7030405@isogmbh.de
> I have found 'backward-up-list' not to work in some major modes when
> point is in a string.
I'd expect it "not to work" in any major-mode.
backward-up-list as well as forward-sexp, backward-sexp, ... all
assume that the starting position is outside of any string and/or comment.
It's non-trivial to fix and sometimes people rely on the current behavior
so even if a technical solution comes around, it might be difficult
to use it because of the incompatible change in behavior.
Stefan
PS: It "works" in text-mode simply because point cannot be in a string
since there are no strings (or comments for that matter) in text-mode.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-17 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-17 13:45 backward-up-list Stephan Stahl
2002-07-17 13:48 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2002-07-18 14:55 ` backward-up-list Richard Stallman
2002-07-18 18:08 ` backward-up-list Henrik Enberg
2002-07-18 18:56 ` backward-up-list Stefan Monnier
2002-07-19 16:54 ` backward-up-list Richard Stallman
2002-07-19 17:52 ` backward-up-list Stefan Monnier
2002-07-20 0:35 ` backward-up-list Richard Stallman
2002-08-09 8:00 ` backward-up-list Stefan Monnier
2002-08-09 8:38 ` backward-up-list stl
2002-08-10 17:16 ` backward-up-list Richard Stallman
2002-07-20 22:02 ` backward-up-list Henrik Enberg
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