Subject: bug#41442: 26.3; `forward-sexp' in LaTeX mode

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:55:57 +0100

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> Dunno whether this is a bug (haven't used LaTeX in 30 years).
>
> See https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/58644/105
>
> Seems like `forward-sexp', with cursor before the `{', should move past
> the `}'.  Instead, it takes account of parens in between: if they are
> balanced then it moves to the `}'.  Else it moves to a `)' that seems to
> balance the `{'.
>
> In LaTeX does it ever really make sense for `)' to balance `{'?
> If not, then I think we have a bug.  Hopefully someone familiar with
> LaTeX will be able to judge.

emacs -Q a.tex
\foo{bar (zot) gazonk}

I tried `C-M-f' on the first { character, and it skipped to the closing
} character.

Do you have a test case to reproduce this bug?

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