GNU bug report logs - #16914
24.3.50; [ruby-mode] Regexp literal modifiers are not font-locked

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar <at> batsov.com>

Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 13:29:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 16914-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar <at> batsov.com>
Cc: 16914-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16914: 24.3.50;
 [ruby-mode] Regexp literal modifiers are not font-locked
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:06:19 +0200

Version: 24.4

Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar <at> batsov.com> writes:

> In a simple regexp like:
>
> /something/i
> %r{test}i
>
> the trailing 'i' is not font-locked. Most editor/IDEs font-lock the
> modifiers. I'd suggest the use of a different face than the string face
> used for the literal itself, but even it would be an improvement. I also
> think
> that only valid modifiers should be font-locked.

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