Re: Missing syntax-table functionality

[Kenichi Handa]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     It would be nice to have a standard function which would report the
>     syntax of a character within a buffer.  The existing function char-syntax
>     is no longer adequate, since it cannot take account of any syntax-table
>     text property which may have been set at a buffer position.

> The function seems to make sense.  I think that syntax-after is a
> better name for it.

> Would someone like to write it?

If someone write it, please also modify describe-char-after
(in international/mule-diag.el).  It currently has this
code:

              ("syntax"
               ,(let ((syntax (aref (syntax-table) char)))
                  (with-temp-buffer
                    (internal-describe-syntax-value syntax)
                    (buffer-string))))

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Ken'ichi HANDA
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