Re: [prettify-symbols-mode] Two consecutive matches don't work?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Wed, 18 May 2022 11:32:07 +0200, Joost <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> said:

    Joost> Hi,
    Joost> I'm dealing with some `.xml` files that contain data which uses the
    Joost> sequence `<<!` as some sort of operator. Because it's XML, the
    Joost> LESS-THAN sign needs to be encoded as `&lt;`, yielding `&lt;&lt;!`.

    Joost> So I thought this would be the ideal use case for
    Joost> `prettify-symbols-mode`. I added `("&lt;" . ?<)` to
    Joost> `prettify-symbols-alist` and activated the mode.

    Joost> Unfortunately, only the first `&lt;` in each sequence is
    Joost> prettified. This seems to be due to the fact that the second `&lt;` 
is
    Joost> followed by the exclamation mark: if I insert a space in between,
    Joost> prettification works.

    Joost> Is there any way to remedy this?

Looks like a bug to me. I tried "&lt;&lt;", but exhibits the same
behaviour.

Robert
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