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28.0.50; Confusing syntax warning in ELisp mode

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44482: 28.0.50; Confusing syntax warning in ELisp mode
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:51:26 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Observe that "\n" and the following parentheses are highlighted in
> red -- the font-lock-warning-face.  Move the mouse pointer to the
> highlighted text, obserbe the following tooltip:
>
>   Hidden behind deeper element; move to another line?
>
> It took me quite some time to understand what this tries to tell me.

Yes, it's not very clear.  I've now changed it to

"Easy to misread; consider moving the element to the next line"

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