Re: Unbalanced parentheses

Zajcev> Ok, in modes where syntax for `"' is "(string quote) - Zajcev> C-M-u gives error, but why? Because scanlists is a horrific hack. The problem is that basically the only way to be sure whether you're inside or outside of a string is to parse forward from the beginning of the buffer. scanlists and other such things (such as the comment-motion functions) try to use heuristics to avoid reparsing 400KB files etc. (This is the source of the restriction against having open parens in column 1 of docstrings, for example.) Zajcev> Can I simple modify syntax entry for `"' to .(punctuation) Zajcev> in programming modes without breaking anything? I doubt it would be acceptable for everybody, but you could try. You might find it livable. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.