GNU bug report logs - #14457
24.3; buggy forward-sexp in octave mode?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 03:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 14457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14457: 24.3; buggy forward-sexp in octave mode?
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 12:20:58 +0800

On 2013-05-24 13:30 +0800, Andreas Röhler wrote:
> forward-sexp isn't able to leave a string when called from inside.
> Which constitutes a bug.
>
> For example curser at end inside string:
>
> case "importdata"
>                ^
> First backward-sexp would reach beginning of string, OK.
> Second call fails.

This is a different issue and I am not sure what to do here. Maybe it
makes more sense to let forward-list and backward-up-list move out of
strings. Feel free to make a proposal.

Leo
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