Subject: bug#9461: closed (Re: bug#9461: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-parent-mode")

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:35:02 +0000

Your bug report

#9461: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-paren-mode"

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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Subject: Re: bug#9461: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-parent-mode"
From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
To: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], Dani Moncayo <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:28:40 +0300
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> Oh, well,

Installed.

Subject: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-parent-mode"
From: Dani Moncayo <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:21:20 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

>From "emacs -Q":
1. Create a new buffer: C-x b tmp <RET>
2. Turn "show-paren-mode" on: M-x show-paren-mode <RET>
3. Write "\(hello\)".

The resulting buffer appearance is shown in the attached file.

Why is Emacs trying to match the first "\" with the last ")"?

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
 of 2011-09-03 on DANI-PC
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ESN
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  show-paren-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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