Re: emacs rendering comparisson between emacs23 and emacs26.3

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Stefan.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 15:01:14 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > If it can be done reliably outside of CC Mode (i.e. without relying on
> > knowing the particulars of the buffer's programming language),

> It can be done reliably, but it would most likely want help from the
> major mode (e.g. the C syntax tables give the syntax of strings but
> don't indicate that those strings are not allowed to span multiple
> lines).

How about adding support to the syntax table?

For example, a new syntax class called something like "line string
quote".  One of these would begin a @def{line string}, and another one
or an unescaped NL (whichever came first) would end it.

Easy enough to implement, at least for forward scanning.  back_comment
might cause some fun.

>         Stefan

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).