Re: syntax identification (Request for Help)

[Stefan Monnier]

> Stefan added comments to omn-mode saying "We could use a
> syntax-propertize-function to do more carefully.". Would anyone be
> willing to help explain to me how this works and help me? I found the
> manual a bit confusing.

You could start by removing the

    (modify-syntax-entry ?\< "|" st)
    (modify-syntax-entry ?\> "|" st)

and using

    (setq-local syntax-propertize-function
                (syntax-propertize-rules
                 ("\\(<\\)[^ ]*\\(>\\)" (1 "|") (2 "|"))))

Guaranteed 100% untested.


        Stefan