GNU bug report logs - #11216
23.4; parenthesis matching breaks on certain complex expressions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:21:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 23.4

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 11216 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
Cc: 11216 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11216: 23.4;
	parenthesis matching breaks on certain complex expressions
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:08:39 -0400

> Here's a complex regular expression that breaks parenthesis matching
> (and yes, that's a real regular expression generated from a real perl
> program).
[...]
> I think the best fix would be to enable customization of
> show-paren-mode so that the user can specify which characters should
> be ignored when matching parentheses.

show-paren-mode is customized by the major-mode, so all you have to do
is use the right major mode.  E.g. perl-mode.


        Stefan
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