Re: parens matching not matching all matching parens

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> The generic-mode stuff is fine for very very simple stuff, but nothing else.
> And sadly it doesn't naturally extend from one step to the other.

Oh, I don't know, define-generic-mode lets you specify a list of "mode
init functions" which you can use to set stuff like syntax-tables.  The
one generic mode I've made adds a syntax table that way, and I plan to
add a simple indentation engine in a similar way.

The main benefit of using generic-mode AFAICS is that it offers a pretty
painless way to avoid the baroqueness of font-lock -- you just give it a
simple list of "language keywords" and set up your syntax table
correctly and it does everything else.

-Miles
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