From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Tobias C. Rittweiler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Difference between syntax class `escape' and `charquote' Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:07:33 +0100 Message-ID: <873aeiqc4q.fsf@freebits.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234559283 22470 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2009 21:08:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:08:03 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 13 22:09:18 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LY5Hd-0007lJ-C0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:09:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39339 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LY5GJ-00043T-AX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LY5GE-00041p-43 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LY5GC-00040f-Iz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38604 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LY5GC-00040Z-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:44 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:60610 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LY5GB-0006zN-SE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:44 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LY5G9-0000sl-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:07:41 +0000 Original-Received: from host145.natpool.mwn.de ([138.246.7.145]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:07:41 +0000 Original-Received: from tcr by host145.natpool.mwn.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:07:41 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host145.natpool.mwn.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VrQ2kJL7ffewJ81Q1SKUszda3zs= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109052 Archived-At: >From isearching through src/syntax.c, it seems that the `escape' and `charquote' syntax class are interpreted synonymously. The documentation says [A character quote character] differs from an escape character in that only the character immediately following is ever affected. What is this supposed to mean? How can an escape character not affect the immediately following character? I'd also like to ask for this being clarified in the documentation. Thanks! -T.