Re: [O] problem with utf8 todo keywords

[Carsten Dominik]

On 11.6.2011, at 20:56, harven wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use emacs 23.2.1 together with org 6.33.
> I am trying to add the character ▶ as a todo keyword with no success.
> 
> Starting with emacs -Q, I execute the following 
> code in the scratch buffer
> (setq org-todo-keywords
> '((sequence "\u25b6" "ok")
>  (sequence "\u25b8" "ok")))
> Then I open a simple .org file containing
> 
> * ▶ first
> * ▸ second
> 
> Only the second keyword is highlighted. 
> Why is it not the case with the first keyword ?

Most likely this is because the second character has
syntax "word", while the first does not.  The regular expression
matching TODO words for font-lock expects the TODO keyword
to have word syntax (at least the first and last character of it).

Try this:

(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
   (lambda ()
     (modify-syntax-entry (string-to-char "\u25b6") "w")
     (modify-syntax-entry (string-to-char "\u25b8") "w")))


Matt, maybe this information could go into the FAQ?

- Carsten