GNU bug report logs - #16881
24.3.50; line 584 of tex-mode.el [^'\">{]+ is not working correctly

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Message #11 received at 16881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Cc: 16881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16881: 24.3.50; line 584 of tex-mode.el [^'\">{]+ is not
 working correctly
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 13:46:27 +0200

Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com> writes:

> The proposed new regexp that I submitted with my initial bug report was much too broad -- i.e., it did not stop at the first pair of ending quotes.
>
> Here is a revised draft which seems to be working better:
>
>   ;; Text between `` quotes ''.
>   (list (concat (regexp-opt `("``" "\"<" "\"`" "<<" "«") t)
>           "\\(\\(.\\|\n\\)+?\\)"
>           (regexp-opt `("''" "\">" "\"'" ">>" "»") t))
>        '(1 font-lock-keyword-face)
>        '(2 font-lock-string-face)
>        '(4 font-lock-keyword-face))

Thanks; I pushed this change to Emacs 28.

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