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24.3; buggy forward-sexp in octave mode? |
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Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:02 +0800 |
1. Open the attached file
2. Move point to end of the word 'otherwise'
3. M-: (forward-sexp -1)
Is this correct behaviour? I noticed this via
smie-highlight-matching-block-mode.
Leo
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Re: bug#14457: 24.3; buggy forward-sexp in octave mode? |
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Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:36:47 +0800 |
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On 2013-05-25 14:59 +0800, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Both behaviors make sense. Note that elseif/else behaves just like
> case/otherwise: if will stop at the previous matching elseif.
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> For indentation purpose it's better if it doesn't jump
> too far, which is why octave-mode currently behaves this way.
> The reason why it's better is:
> - faster indentation since we parse less of the buffer.
> - more local decision means that the behavior is easier to understand
> for the user.
> - also means that it better takes into account choices of the user: if
> the user decides to place his "case" at some other indentation, only
> the first "case" after "switch" will disagree with the user, all the
> other ones will simply align under the first.
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> Ideally, this behavior would also allow to use C-M-t to transpose two
> cases, just like you can do with the usual infix operators/separators,
> but currently this doesn't work (and it can't be done with "otherwise").
I have noticed with your last change to smie, 'case' 'elseif' are now
nicely highlighted. So I agree with your points and consider this done ;)
Leo
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