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bug#57250: emacs-lisp-mode not highlighting single characters `k' in com
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#57250: emacs-lisp-mode not highlighting single characters `k' in comments |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:23:53 +0000 |
> > But if the character sequence within tick ` and a single quote ' is a
> single
> > character, the character does not get highlighted.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > ;; Insert `k' for words with initial values.
> >
> > The character k does not get highlighted.
>
> That's because k here is more likely to be a key than a Lisp symbol.
>
> So I think this is expected.
FWIW, I don't think it should be expected.
And even if it were expected to consider it
a key, that's not a reason not to highlight
it. Keys such as `M-x' do get highlighted.
To me, this is a minor bug or a nice-to-have.
If it can be fixed reasonably then that would
be good.
We need not expect, for this bug fix, that
things like `C-x C-x', which contains a SPC
char, would also get fixed (highlighted).
That would be nice, but there's only so much
that reasonably can be done. Highlighting
everything from ` to ' would likely introduce
a fair number of problems. (And then there
are things like a `C-x C-x' that's split
across a newline...)