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FORWARD-SEXP on foo'bar


From: Tobias C. Rittweiler
Subject: FORWARD-SEXP on foo'bar
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:15:24 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux)

Hi,

FORWARD-SEXP (or actually, SCAN-SEXPS underneath) moves POINT
in "foo'bar" to the end of BAR. 

`(info "(Elisp)Parsing Expressions")' [from 22.0.91.1] says:

   Basically, a sexp is either a balanced parenthetical grouping, a
   string, or a symbol name (a sequence of characters whose syntax is
   either word constituent or symbol constituent).  However, _characters
   whose syntax is expression prefix are treated as part of the sexp if
   they appear next to it._  (Emphasis mine.)

I can see how this is supposed to deal with cases where the quote
character prefixes a symbol, so that you move to the end of the symbol
in "'bar". But what about the above case? Is this intentional?

  -T. 





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