GNU bug report logs - #24709
26.0.50; Support for Markdown in electric-quote-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:22:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 24709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24709: 26.0.50; Support for Markdown in electric-quote-mode
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:20:00 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am So., 2. Juli 2017 um
17:49 Uhr:

> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 28. Juni 2017 um
> 23:59 Uhr:
>
>> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am So., 16. Okt. 2016
>> um 19:22 Uhr:
>>
>>>
>>> When editing a Markdown document with electric-quote-mode enabled, the
>>> experience is not optimal because ` (backtick) in Markdown is a syntax
>>> element (for introducing code spans and blocks), but is converted by
>>> electric-quote-mode.  Also ` and ' inside code spans and blocks continue
>>> to insert curly quotes where they shouldn't.  I propose the following:
>>>
>>> - Provide an alternative behavior of electric-quote-mode where ` doesn't
>>>   trigger replacement and ' can insert left or right curly quotes,
>>>   depending on whether it follows a space or similar (newline, beginning
>>>   of buffer, opening parenthesis).
>>>
>>> - Provide a way to disable electric-quote-mode for certain regions,
>>>   effectively the inverse of the existing electric-quote-string etc.
>>>   This could be in the form of syntactic elements or text properties.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I've attached a patch. It doesn't cover all cases, though; e.g. an
>> unterminated Markdown code span is not supported yet.
>>
>
> Pushed as 34d4720f83.
>

Here are a couple more patches.

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[0001-Refactor-electric-quote-mode.txt (text/plain, attachment)]
[0003-Further-improve-electric-quote-support-for-Markdown-Bu.txt (text/plain, attachment)]
[0002-Remove-pointless-code-in-electric-quote-mode.txt (text/plain, attachment)]
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