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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Questions about parser state
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 22:08:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr4c0bhd2.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAAF+z6ELZsGtmiZr06DQ4EiwR8XM9=8eGhq23KOXEsNZVU3G5A@mail.gmail.com

> 1. What does the "quote character" mean?  Does it mean "'" in Lisp?  If
>    so, what about "," and "#"?

No, it's typically the \ char.

> 2. What is comment style ‘a’?  In (info "(elisp) Syntax Flags"): "A
>    comment style is a set of flags ‘b’, ‘c’, and ‘n’, so there can be up
>    to 8 different comment styles."  I can't find an ‘a’ style.

`a' is the comment style when neither `b' nor `c' is present.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-05  2:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-04 23:19 Questions about parser state Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-05  2:08 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-10-05 10:08   ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-05 19:26     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-05 14:17   ` Drew Adams

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