GNU bug report logs - #21871
Emacs Lisp Mode (at least): spurious parens in column 0 don't get bold red highlighting.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in versions 24.5, 24.4

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21871: Emacs Lisp Mode (at least): spurious parens in column
 0 don't get bold red highlighting.
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 17:00:47 +0200


On 16.05.2016 15:18, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 05/16/2016 01:20 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>> No.  open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start is a variable that the user
>> can change at any time.
>
> I don't think it is, or should be, true. The major mode knows better 
> whether it can know where a defun starts, or not.
>

This open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start introduces exercises how to 
jump with crossed legs.
There are some astonishing jumpers around, I see. From the state of art 
of programming it's just a shame.

Emacs will always buggy cherishing such crap.
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