Lastest experimental CPerl mode changes

In a recent package update from the experimental packages perl-modes and prog-modes, something has changed in CPerl mode that affects font-lock syntax coloring and autocompletion of program blocks. The Changelog does not refer to any changes in the files except to sync cperl.el with upstream 2.53 and change the Makefile version in perl-modes and to Use `condition-case' instead of `ignore-errors' in rpm-spec-mode.el. First, syntax hilighting appears to become confused when existing lines are edited--especially when the line contains unterminated strings. The confusion shows as incorrect coloring of symbols on the following line. In most cases issuing a call to font-lock-fontify-buffer is the only way to get the hilighting back to normal. I suspect a regex problem that may stem from a change to other functions in xemacs-base. See the attached PNG files. One shows the code before any changes, the next shows it after typing one character--changes immediately. The third shows that completing the line does not lead to an update of the hilighting. In some cases adding a newline causes the hilighting to correct itself, but in most cases it does not. I use Perl to write a good deal of dynamic web pages. These often contain html tags. CPerl mode now throws an error (available through `view-lossage') whenever I try to add an html tag: End of `< ... >' string/RE not found: (syntax-error Unbalanced parentheses) These are the types of additions that a newline alone cannot be used to "fix" the highlighting. Second, the new CPerl wants to complete control structures I type. That is new behavior. I cannot find a way to turn off this help. I would not mind this that much except it triggers the error nil not defined. Precede char by C-q to avoid expansion I have CPerl major mode on and the minor modes PenDel, Font, and Abbrev active. The encoding is "Raw." Installed packages include perl-modes 1.10 (installed 2007-06-12) prog-modes 2.13 (installed 2007-06-12) -- Dr. Robert Delius Royar Associate Professor of English Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta