Re: superword-mode

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:23:24 +0100 Andreas Röhler <address@hidden> wrote: 

AR> Am 29.03.2013 14:26, schrieb Ted Zlatanov:
>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:00:11 -0400 Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
TZ> Juanma caught the problem that `forward-symbol' is autoloaded from
TZ> `thingatpt.el' and `C-M-f' actually runs `forward-sexp'.  Oops.  So
TZ> `superword-mode' is slightly broken currently.
>> 
TZ> I need to know if I should:
>> 
TZ> 1) use `forward-sexp' instead of `forward-symbol'
TZ> 2) implement a local version of `forward-symbol'
TZ> 3) autoload `forward-symbol'
>> 
TZ> I'm leaning towards (1) because I think it would work great for CFEngine
TZ> and Perl and C editing.  I don't want to assume it's the right solution,
TZ> though, so let me know what you think.
>> 
>> In order to avoid breakage I implemented (1) but please tell me if you
>> think that's the wrong decision.  Thanks.

AR> IMO that can't work, as forward-sexp has a long-time bug wrt to
AR> strings.

AR> Lately offered a solution for end-of-sexp from thingatpt.el, which
AR> applies likewise.

Sorry, I can't parse that sentence, and I don't have a reference for
this solution.

AR> BTW why not simply change the syntax-class using modify-syntax-entry?

That was my original approach, but it's incorrect according to Stefan.

Ted