GNU bug report logs - #32939
27.0.50; Don't reject confusable quotes, just fontify & mention them in error messages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 23:59:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 32939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32939 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32939: 27.0.50;
 Don't reject confusable quotes, just fontify & mention them in error
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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:30:43 -0400

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> However, perhaps we should mention this behavior in "Basic Char
> Syntax" and the related use of this face in "Faces for Font Lock".
> WDYT?

I've tried adding some mentions of it in those places (unfilled to
simplify diff).  Though I'm not sure if it makes sense to talk about
this somewhat obscure case.

>> -(ert-deftest lread-tests--funny-quote-symbols ()

> Should we replace this test by one that tests the fontification?

Right, good point, added.  And I had missed disabling fontification for
backslash escaped characters, now fixed.


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