Re: Regexp with comment character of buffer

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

On Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 5:11 AM, Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 at 19:36, Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com wrote:
> 
> > > > (let* ((comment-char (regexp-quote (string-trim comment-start)))
> > > > (three-comment-chars (make-string 3 (string-to-char comment-char)))
> 
> > Is a string-trim required for comment-start ?
> 
> 
> Required for comment-start? No. What does the docstring for
> comment-start tell you?
> 
> String to insert to start a new comment, or[…]
> 
> The space is there so that when the string is inserted, the user will
> be able to start typing the comment text and it will be separated from
> the delimiter.

Is the space part of 'comment-start'.  It is difficult to say from the code.
Can I just use `comment-start` without trimming it ?
 
> # comment in shell or Python
> ; comment in Elisp
> // comment in C++
> /* comment in C */
> <!-- comment in HTML -->
> 
> 
> 
> Required for your use of comment-start? Maybe.
> 
> Anyway, what’s your plan for modes whose comment-start is longer than
> a single character after trimming the space?

Currently I support modes with single character comments.