From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jon Dufresne <jon.dufresne@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: c-mode syntax strings and regexp word boundaries
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 10:07:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv8uza11v1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADhq2b5kSexzU4ec-qcjFpEPLcRO96=eKvqYyQH3wmkp1BhgvA@mail.gmail.com> (Jon Dufresne's message of "Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:14:16 -0700")
> (re-search-forward "^END\\b")
> (put-text-property (1- (point)) (point)
> 'syntax-table (string-to-syntax "|"))
This changes the syntax of this "D" from "w" to "|".
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (message "Search forward second time")
> (re-search-forward "^END\\b"))
The char before ";" is "D" which is not a word char any more, and the
";" is not a word char either, so the point between the two is not
a word boundary any more.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-06 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-06 5:14 c-mode syntax strings and regexp word boundaries Jon Dufresne
2013-09-06 12:21 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-09-06 14:07 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-09-06 14:55 ` Jon Dufresne
2013-09-06 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-09-06 17:04 ` Jon Dufresne
2013-09-06 20:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2013-09-06 22:38 ` Jon Dufresne
2013-09-11 8:57 ` Andreas Röhler
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