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emacs-lisp-mode not highlighting single characters `k' in comments

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From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57250: emacs-lisp-mode not highlighting single characters `k' in comments
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:17:14 +0000

------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 7:11 PM, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> wrote:


> uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
> editors" bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org writes:
>
> > But if the character sequence within tick ` and a single quote ' is a single
> > character, the character does not get highlighted.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > ;; Insert `k' for words with initial values.
> >
> > The character k does not get highlighted.
>
>
> That's because k here is more likely to be a key than a Lisp symbol.
>
> So I think this is expected.

What is the reason for the highlight for more than a single character?

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