GNU bug report logs - #28277
tex-mode font-lock of \it escapes math mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: richard.banach <at> manchester.ac.uk (Richard Banach)

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: richard.banach <at> manchester.ac.uk (Richard Banach)
Cc: 28277 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28277: emacs -nw bug?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:56:05 -0400

Richard Banach wrote:

> I use   emacs -nw  and see what looks like a bug
>
> * in tex mode, if I type   $\it identifiername$   it doesn't recognise
> the second $ as closing the scope of \it ... and wants to underline
> everything that follows ... i haven't found how to turn this off

Thanks for the report. This is not specific to emacs -nw.
Relevant forms that tex-mode does understand are:

$foo$
\textit{foo}
{\it foo}

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with an \it inside math mode?
I don't think I've seen that form used before.
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