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Re: character syntax of linefeed?
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: character syntax of linefeed? |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:58 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
"Tobias C. Rittweiler" <address@hidden> writes:
> Quoting 35.2.1 Table of Syntax Classes:
>
> -- Syntax class: whitespace character
> "Whitespace characters" (designated by ` ' or `-') separate symbols
> and words from each other. [...] Space, tab, newline and formfeed
> are classified as whitespace in almost all major modes.
>
> However, if I open, say, an empty foo.el or foo.c file, press RET
> and then M-: (list (string (char-before))
> (string (char-syntax (char-before))))
>
> I get ("
> " ">"), i.e. a syntax of type 'endcomment'.
>
> This behaviour seems to go through 23,22, and 21, so it's definitively
> not new. :-)
>
> My question is, is the above paragraph just wrong?
In which way does that contradict "almost all major modes"?
Andreas.
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