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: bug#24709: 26.0.50; Support for Markdown in electric-quote-mode
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 19:57:14 +0000
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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am So., 2. Juli 2017 um
18:19 Uhr:

> 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.
>

All pushed.
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