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26.3; nxml with ENTITY: single quote misinterpreted as string delimiter

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From: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb <at> ql.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.3;
 nxml with ENTITY: single quote misinterpreted as string delimiter
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 10:12:02 -0500

Create a file with the name "a.xml" and the following contents (between
the rows of dashes):

-------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE anything [
<!ENTITY any "&#x03C0;">
]>
<anything>
  This is a quote, but it's not starting a string.
</anything>
-------

Observe that everything after the "'" is treated syntactically as a
string. This shows with the fontification of the following text, but it
also effects the behavior. For example, if you type <x> after the word
"quote" and then hit C-c C-f, the closing tag </x> is inserted as
expected. However, if you type <x> after the word "not", C-c C-f
erroneously attempts to close the <anything> tag.

If you remove the <!ENTITY ...> line, the problem goes away.

This behavior is observable with emacs -Q running in Ubuntu 19.10. It
did not occur with Ubuntu 19.04.

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.11)
 of 2019-09-23, modified by Debian built on lgw01-amd64-032
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12005000
System Description: Ubuntu 19.10

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Message #8 received at 38153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb <at> ql.org>
Cc: 38153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38153: 26.3; nxml with ENTITY: single quote misinterpreted
 as string delimiter
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 07:00:48 +0100

Jay Berkenbilt <ejb <at> ql.org> writes:

> Create a file with the name "a.xml" and the following contents (between
> the rows of dashes):
>
> -------
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE anything [
> <!ENTITY any "&#x03C0;">
> ]>
> <anything>
>   This is a quote, but it's not starting a string.
> </anything>
> -------
>
> Observe that everything after the "'" is treated syntactically as a
> string. This shows with the fontification of the following text, but it
> also effects the behavior. For example, if you type <x> after the word
> "quote" and then hit C-c C-f, the closing tag </x> is inserted as
> expected. However, if you type <x> after the word "not", C-c C-f
> erroneously attempts to close the <anything> tag.

I'm not able to reproduce this bug in Emacs 27, but I am able to
reproduce it in Emacs 26.3, so I think this has been fixed already.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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