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Re: Unrecognized \ sequences and Elisp
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Unrecognized \ sequences and Elisp |
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Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:45:47 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Neil Jerram <address@hidden> wrote:
> The recent change to signal an error for "unrecognized" \ sequences
> has negatively affected the Elisp translator, because Elisp code often
> uses "\(" in doc strings. (I think this is when the "(" would
> otherwise be in column 0, to avoid Emacs thinking that it is the start
> of a new defun.)
Would it work to change the Emacs docstrings to look like this?
"foo...\
\n(bar...)"
> Is it reasonable to again allow "\(" as a special case
That would avoid the need to edit the Emacs sources, though it's a bit
ugly. I guess the Right Way would be to fix Emacs so it doesn't get
confused by parentheses inside strings.
paul