GNU bug report logs - #68318
30.0.50; Fontification of \{m\} and \{m,n\} in a regexp

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From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 68318 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68318: 30.0.50; Fontification of \{m\} and \{m,n\} in a regexp
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:51:16 +0100

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> See lisp-el-font-lock-keywords-2 in lisp-mode.el:
>
>          ;; Words inside \\[], \\<>, \\{} or \\`' tend to be for
>          ;; `substitute-command-keys'.

Thanks for the pointer.  I'm not familiar with the code, but IIUC, the
lines 499-500 are relevant, where the condense is:

  (rx "\\\\" (seq "{" (group-n 1 lisp-mode-symbol) "}"))

which returns:

  "\\\\\\\\{\\(?1:\\(?:\\w\\|\\s_\\|\\\\.\\)+\\)}"

Since we're talking about \\{\\} and not \\{}, I wonder if some
variation like:

  "\\\\\\\\{\\(?1:\\(?:\\w\\|\\s_\\|\\\\.\\)*?[^\\]\\)}"

would fix this issue?  Not sure if it does TRT reg. the "\\\\." part.

Best, Arash

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