GNU bug report logs - #9461
24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-paren-mode"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 17:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 9461 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9461: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-parent-mode"
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 22:53:15 +0200

>> Why is Emacs trying to match the first "\" with the last ")"?
>
> Because that's where scan-sexps moves to.

The question is: does that make sense?

To put it more clear: write "abc\(def\)".  Just after typing the ")",
Emacs tries to match that ")" with the "a".  That doesn't make much
sense, no?

-- 
Dani Moncayo
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