GNU bug report logs - #30815
26.0.91; unicode right single quote mark with syntax entry of w not respected by forward-word

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:16:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed, notabug

Merged with 10494, 13129

Found in versions 24.0.92, 24.1, 25.1, 26.0.91

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 13129 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Subject: Re: bug#13129: 24.1;
 Please add curly single quotes to text-mode's syntax table as word
 components
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:45:49 -0400

severity 30815 wishlist
quit

Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> writes:

>> Moving over words like “didn’t”, Emacs stops at the curly quote; it
>> should treat it like a straight quote. (Tested also in the default
>> branch of current Bazaar.)
>
> `text-mode' does this for a straight quote in `text-mode-syntax-table':
>
>     ;; We add `p' so that M-c on 'hello' leads to 'Hello' rather than 'hello'.
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?' "w p" st)
>
> Perhaps it could also define a word syntax for the curly quote.

But it doesn't work for curly quotes, see Bug#30815 and Bug#10494.
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