Re: CC Mode and electric-pair "problem".

[João Távora]

> Hello, João.

Hi Alan,

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

>> [ .... ]
>> Maybe we're looking at this the wrong way.
>> How about this idea: we add a new syntax flag to Emacs, ", which
>> terminates any open string, the same way the syntax > terminates any
>> open comment.  We could then set this syntax flag on newline.
> This isn't a sensible idea. because it wouldn't solve any of the
> problems we have with the string-fence syntax.

You realize you're replying to your own suggestion, right? (just
checking...)

> This would have the advantage of making fontification easy, whilst still
> allowing syntactic operations within an invalid string.  For example, in
>
>     char *foo = "(
>     )"
>
> , the "s would have "one-line string quote" syntax and be fontified with
> warning face, but a C-M-n from the ( would still move point to after the
> ), and all the electric-pair-mode stuff would still work.

Ignoring any complications or complexity that would arise from it, that
sounds great (though more important than supporting e-p-m is having
C-M-u work from inside the string, which I suppose is included).

João