I'm almost certain that there were some syntax fixes between 21.4.6 (what
you are using) and 21.4.8-3 (the current windows version). Maybe you could
upgrade and see if the problem still exists.
Thanks
andy
8/2002 -0400, Jim Frimmel wrote:
>Dear Bug Team!
>
>The following statements break syntax parsing. Changing the
>single-quotes to slashes fixes the problem, but it's annoying.
>almost any character is allowed here, I think:
>
> if ($in =~ '^[ \t]*$') # change ' to / to fix
> {
> # ignore comment
> next;
> }
>
>Thanks and happy hacking! -jf-
>================================================================
>
>System Info to help track down your bug:
>---------------------------------------
>
>uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 TSUNAMI 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) 2001-05-20 23:28 i686 unknown
>
>./configure '--with-dragndrop' '--with-postgresql=no' '--with-x=no'
>'--bindir=/usr/local/bin/i686-pc-cygwin' '--with-site-lisp=yes'
>'--with-ipv6-cname=no' '--with-netinstall'
>
>
>XEmacs 21.4.6 "Common Lisp (Windows [3])" configured for `i686-pc-cygwin'.
>
>
>Compilation / Installation:
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> Installation prefix: /usr/local
> Operating system description file: `s/cygwin32.h'
> Machine description file: `m/intel386.h'
> Compiler: gcc -I/usr/lib/../include/noX
> -I/usr/lib/../include/noX -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline
> -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith
> Relocating allocator for buffers: no
> GNU version of malloc: yes
>
>Window System:
> Compiling in support for the Microsoft window system.
> Using MS-Windows menubars.
> Using MS-Windows scrollbars.
> Using MS-Windows dialog boxes.
> Using MS-Windows native widgets.
> Compiling in support for Drag'n'Drop (EXPERIMENTAL).
> - Drag'n'Drop prototype: msw.
>
>TTY:
> Compiling in support for ncurses.
>
>Images:
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> Compiling in support for XPM images.
> Compiling in support for PNG images.
> Compiling in support for JPEG images.
> Compiling in support for TIFF images.
> Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
>
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>
>Databases:
> Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
>
>Internationalization:
> Compiling in support for file coding.
>
>Mail:
> Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval.
>
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>
>
>
>Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
>----------------------
>nil
>
>
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