[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el, v [EMACS_22_BASE]

[Stefan Monnier]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Branch:         EMACS_22_BASE
Changes by:     Stefan Monnier <monnier>        08/02/14 02:42:45

Index: textmodes/sgml-mode.el
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el,v
retrieving revision 1.121.2.4
retrieving revision 1.121.2.5
diff -u -b -r1.121.2.4 -r1.121.2.5
--- textmodes/sgml-mode.el      7 Jan 2008 02:21:40 -0000       1.121.2.4
+++ textmodes/sgml-mode.el      14 Feb 2008 02:42:45 -0000      1.121.2.5
@@ -469,8 +469,12 @@
          sgml-transformation-function))
   ;; This will allow existing comments within declarations to be
   ;; recognized.
-  (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start-skip) "\\(?:<!\\)?--[ \t]*")
-  (set (make-local-variable 'comment-end-skip) "[ \t]*--\\([ \t\n]*>\\)?")
+  ;; I can't find a clear description of SGML/XML comments, but it seems that
+  ;; the only reliable ones are <!-- ... --> although it's not clear what
+  ;; "..." can contain.  It used to accept -- ... -- as well, but that was
+  ;; apparently a mistake.
+  (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start-skip) "<!--[ \t]*")
+  (set (make-local-variable 'comment-end-skip) "[ \t]*--[ \t\n]*>")
   ;; This definition has an HTML leaning but probably fits well for other 
modes.
   (setq imenu-generic-expression
        `((nil