Subject: Re: bug#8432: 24.0.50; Eldoc highlighting is confused by dolist and dotimes

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 03:26:29 -0700

found 8432 28.0.50
thanks

Alex <[email-masked]> writes:

> found 8432 25.1
> quit
>
> Stephen Berman <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> 1. emacs -Q
>> 2. In *scratch* insert the following sexp:
>>    (dolist (e '(a b c))
>>      (message "Done")
>>      (message "Done")
>>      (message "Done"))
>> 3. M-x turn-on-eldoc-mode
>> 4. Putting point on (really, right after) the space after "dolist" makes
>>    the echo area display this:
>>    dolist: ((VAR LIST [RESULT]) BODY...)
>> 5. Move point one character to the right, onto (really, right after) the
>>    left parenthesis before "e".
>>    => Now "VAR" is highlighted in the echo area.  Move point one more
>>    character to the right and "VAR" is no longer highlighted (though
>>    point is now really on/after the argument VAR of dolist).  There is
>>    no highlighting as point moves further rightwards, until it is at the
>>    end of the line, right after the closing parenthesis of the argument
>>    list: now "VAR" is highlighted again.
>> 6. Move point to column 0 of the first "message" sexp.
>>    => Now "LIST" is highlighted in the echo area.
>> 7. Move point to column 0 of the second "message" sexp.
>>    => Now "[RESULT]" is highlighted in the echo area.
>> 8. Move point to column 0 of the third "message" sexp.
>>    => Now "BODY" is highlighted in the echo area.
>>
>> The same (mis)highlighting pattern arises with dotimes.
>
> I can reproduce this in Emacs 25.1.

Still reproducible on current master.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas