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Re: [PATCH] Re: Algorithm in electric-pair--unbalanced-strings-p unsuita


From: Clément Pit-Claudel
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Algorithm in electric-pair--unbalanced-strings-p unsuitable for CC Mode
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 02:41:12 -0400
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On 2019-07-08 16:59, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> You seem to want them to be highlighted as if the next line was not part
> of a string (i.e. assume that a " was missing on the previous line),
> whereas all other major modes highlight that second line under the
> assumption that what was missing was a final \ on the previous line (or
> whatever other syntax the corresponding language requires).
> 
> Both are wrong sometimes and right at other times.

I imagine this is less of a problem for people who use modes that automatically 
insert string delimiters (i.e. when you press ", a second matching quote 
immediately appears, so you don't run into fontification issues).

I don't use these, but over time Emacs has taught me to always write two double 
quotes at once, or else my entire buffer will at once turn a uniform brown 
color.  I find the effect pretty distracting, and I'd much prefer for Emacs (in 
all programming modes, in fact) to assume that my unterminated strings end at 
the end of the line.  That's not more "correct", of course, but it does 
minimize the amount of refontification and blinking in a pretty common case.

(Btw, I wish there was a similarly easy way to minimize the Flycheck version of 
the problem, where often a small syntax mistake will turn the entire buffer 
into sea of red squiggles)

Clément.



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