GNU bug report logs - #15014
24.3.50; In text-mode, incorrect forward-sexp causes delete-pair malfunction

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 22:16:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15014: 24.3.50; In text-mode, incorrect forward-sexp causes delete-pair malfunction
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 17:17:44 -0400

>> So, IIUC you're arguing for marking " as having paired-delimiter
>> syntax, as is the case in most programming modes.
> I'm arguing for behavior that makes sense for the user.

You mean "to this user" ;-)

> This seems like the way to achieve that.

Indeed.  I do expect that most programmers will use " in text-mode in
ways that behave well when treated as string delimiters, so that might
be a good option in general, but if some text contains a non-matched "
the behavior tends to be pretty annoying, so I'm not sure it's a safe
enough change.


        Stefan
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