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Re: syntax identification (Request for Help)


From: Phillip Lord
Subject: Re: syntax identification (Request for Help)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:33:41 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Stefan added comments to omn-mode saying "We could use a
>> syntax-propertize-function to do more carefully.". Would anyone be
>> willing to help explain to me how this works and help me? I found the
>> manual a bit confusing.
>
> You could start by removing the
>
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?\< "|" st)
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?\> "|" st)
>
> and using
>
>     (setq-local syntax-propertize-function
>                 (syntax-propertize-rules
>                  ("\\(<\\)[^ ]*\\(>\\)" (1 "|") (2 "|"))))
>
> Guaranteed 100% untested.

I've just tested it and it seems to work pretty well, actually!

Phil



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