On 03/09/2016 12:24 PM, Kaushal Modi wrote:
> (nth 8 (syntax-ppss)) works fine for me in something like ";; some
> comment in an emacs-lisp-mode buffer"; it returns the starting point
> of the comment.

Does it really? For me it returns nil when the point is as shown below:

  <point>;; some comment in an emacs-lisp-mode buffer

In C mode, it returns nil in the following two positions:

  /<point>/ asd
  <point>// asd

As well as these two:

  <point>/* asd */
  /<point>* asd */

In all these cases, the font trick works.

Clément.