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[PATCH] Have LaTeX mode use normal double quotes in comments.
From: |
Karl Fogel |
Subject: |
[PATCH] Have LaTeX mode use normal double quotes in comments. |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:44:12 -0500 |
(Probably everything I say here is true of TeX mode as well, but I've only been
working in LaTeX mode.)
In LaTeX mode, typing a double quote (") runs `tex-insert-quote' in
lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el. That function inserts `` or '' depending on
whether you're opening or closing the quoted string. However, when one is in a
LaTeX comment, one usually doesn't want the fancy double quotes -- much more
often, at least in my editing, one just wants normal double quotes. Here's the
contrast:
% Comments begin with "%" and usually call for "normal" double quotes.
Whereas for uncommented text, I always say ``The fancier the better!''
So, three questions:
* Any objections to the patch below?
* It seems weird to use "(nth 8 (save-excursion (syntax-ppss)))" to ask the
question "Are we in a comment?" I could further abstract that out into a
helper function, just in tex-mode.el, since `tex-font-lock-verb' also does
something similar and thus could call the helper too.
* My guess is most others would usually want normal double-quote in comments,
but who knows, maybe users' default needs in this regard are more varied than I
think. Should this behavior be configurable? I could certainly make it, and
could leave the default as-is or switch the default. Thoughts welcome.
I'm new to tex-mode.el, so wanted to check here on all the above issues before
committing anything.
Best regards,
-Karl
index 710899f..816eedd 100644
--- lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el
+++ lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el
@@ -1311,6 +1311,8 @@ tex-insert-quote
;;
(if (or arg (memq (char-syntax (preceding-char)) '(?/ ?\\))
(eq (get-text-property (point) 'face) 'tex-verbatim)
+ ;; If inside a comment, use normal double quotes:
+ (nth 8 (save-excursion (syntax-ppss)))
;; Discover if a preceding occurrence of `tex-open-quote'
;; should be morphed to a normal double quote.
;;
- [PATCH] Have LaTeX mode use normal double quotes in comments.,
Karl Fogel <=