Re: Difference between syntax class `escape' and `charquote'

[Richard M Stallman]

    >      [A character quote character] differs from an escape character in
    >      that only the character immediately following is ever affected.

I can explain what that text means.  It makes a distinction between
quoting _only_ the next character and introducing a longer sequence
such as `\150'.

I am not sure why I thought it was important to distinguish these two
cases.  It was a long time ago.  Maybe it was for the sake of some
further feature that was never implemented.