* how do I find out the syntactic status of a location?
@ 2012-03-15 16:44 Sam Steingold
2012-03-15 18:53 ` Davis Herring
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From: Sam Steingold @ 2012-03-15 16:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
I want to find out whether I am in a symbol, string, constant, comment
&c without knowing the details of the syntax of the specific mode, i.e.,
the code should work the same in, e.g., C and Lisp modes.
If font-lock is enabled, I can check that I am in a string or comment
using
(memq (plist-get (text-properties-at (point)) 'face)
'(font-lock-comment-face font-lock-string-face))
is there a better way?
thanks.
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* Re: how do I find out the syntactic status of a location?
2012-03-15 16:44 how do I find out the syntactic status of a location? Sam Steingold
@ 2012-03-15 18:53 ` Davis Herring
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From: Davis Herring @ 2012-03-15 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
> is there a better way?
See `syntax-ppss' and friends.
Davis
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