Fontifying one char strings.

Fontifying one char strings.

[Michael Cadilhac]

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  Hello !

  In a docstring, if I have :

  "`nil' if blahblah, `t' otherwise.",

  only nil will be fontified with font-lock-constant-face.

  I'm wondering why  this should be that way,  I'm using the following
  patch without being annoyed:

*** emacs/lisp/font-lock.el	2005-10-16 17:07:12.000000000 +0200
--- emacs/lisp/font-lock.el	2005-10-16 17:07:30.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 2077,2083 ****
         ;; Words inside \\[] tend to be for `substitute-command-keys'.
         ("\\\\\\\\\\[\\(\\sw+\\)]" 1 font-lock-constant-face prepend)
         ;; Words inside `' tend to be symbol names.
!        ("`\\(\\sw\\sw+\\)'" 1 font-lock-constant-face prepend)
         ;; Constant values.
         ("\\<:\\sw+\\>" 0 font-lock-builtin-face)
         ;; ELisp and CLisp `&' keywords as types.
--- 2077,2083 ----
         ;; Words inside \\[] tend to be for `substitute-command-keys'.
         ("\\\\\\\\\\[\\(\\sw+\\)]" 1 font-lock-constant-face prepend)
         ;; Words inside `' tend to be symbol names.
!        ("`\\(\\sw+\\)'" 1 font-lock-constant-face prepend)
         ;; Constant values.
         ("\\<:\\sw+\\>" 0 font-lock-builtin-face)
         ;; ELisp and CLisp `&' keywords as types.

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Re: Fontifying one char strings.

[Jesper Harder]

Michael Cadilhac <michael.cadilhac-@t-lrde.epita.fr> writes:

>   In a docstring, if I have :
>
>   "`nil' if blahblah, `t' otherwise.",

nil and t in docstrings shouldn't be quoted. This convention is
described somewhere in the Emacs manual.

Re: Fontifying one char strings.

[Michael Cadilhac]

Jesper Harder <jesper.harder@gmail.com> writes:

> Michael Cadilhac <michael.cadilhac-@t-lrde.epita.fr> writes:
>
>>   In a docstring, if I have :
>>
>>   "`nil' if blahblah, `t' otherwise.",
>
> nil and t in docstrings shouldn't be quoted. This convention is
> described somewhere in the Emacs manual.

  And what about comments ?

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    Michael Cadilhac, a.k.a. Micha [mika] |
                    Epita/LRDE promo 2007 |  Please note that you should
  2 rue de la Convention | 08.70.65.13.14 |  s/-@t-/@/ my mail address.
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Re: Fontifying one char strings.

[Richard M. Stallman]

    >   In a docstring, if I have :
    >
    >   "`nil' if blahblah, `t' otherwise.",

    nil and t in docstrings shouldn't be quoted. This convention is
    described somewhere in the Emacs manual.

That is true.  However, there is still the question of what to do
about other one-letter symbol names, should they appear.