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6552 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6552 | 4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @setfilename ../info/syntax | |
6 @node Syntax Tables, Abbrevs, Searching and Matching, Top | |
7 @chapter Syntax Tables | |
8 @cindex parsing | |
9 @cindex syntax table | |
10 @cindex text parsing | |
11 | |
12 A @dfn{syntax table} specifies the syntactic textual function of each | |
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13 character. This information is used by the @dfn{parsing functions}, the |
6552 | 14 complex movement commands, and others to determine where words, symbols, |
15 and other syntactic constructs begin and end. The current syntax table | |
16 controls the meaning of the word motion functions (@pxref{Word Motion}) | |
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17 and the list motion functions (@pxref{List Motion}), as well as the |
6552 | 18 functions in this chapter. |
19 | |
20 @menu | |
21 * Basics: Syntax Basics. Basic concepts of syntax tables. | |
22 * Desc: Syntax Descriptors. How characters are classified. | |
23 * Syntax Table Functions:: How to create, examine and alter syntax tables. | |
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24 * Syntax Properties:: Overriding syntax with text properties. |
6552 | 25 * Motion and Syntax:: Moving over characters with certain syntaxes. |
26 * Parsing Expressions:: Parsing balanced expressions | |
27 using the syntax table. | |
28 * Standard Syntax Tables:: Syntax tables used by various major modes. | |
29 * Syntax Table Internals:: How syntax table information is stored. | |
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30 * Categories:: Another way of classifying character syntax. |
6552 | 31 @end menu |
32 | |
33 @node Syntax Basics | |
34 @section Syntax Table Concepts | |
35 | |
36 @ifinfo | |
37 A @dfn{syntax table} provides Emacs with the information that | |
38 determines the syntactic use of each character in a buffer. This | |
39 information is used by the parsing commands, the complex movement | |
40 commands, and others to determine where words, symbols, and other | |
41 syntactic constructs begin and end. The current syntax table controls | |
42 the meaning of the word motion functions (@pxref{Word Motion}) and the | |
43 list motion functions (@pxref{List Motion}) as well as the functions in | |
44 this chapter. | |
45 @end ifinfo | |
46 | |
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47 A syntax table is a char-table (@pxref{Char-Tables}). The element at |
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48 index @var{c} describes the character with code @var{c}. The element's |
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49 value should be a list that encodes the syntax of the character in |
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50 question. |
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52 Syntax tables are used only for moving across text, not for the Emacs | |
53 Lisp reader. Emacs Lisp uses built-in syntactic rules when reading Lisp | |
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54 expressions, and these rules cannot be changed. (Some Lisp systems |
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55 provide ways to redefine the read syntax, but we decided to leave this |
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56 feature out of Emacs Lisp for simplicity.) |
6552 | 57 |
58 Each buffer has its own major mode, and each major mode has its own | |
59 idea of the syntactic class of various characters. For example, in Lisp | |
60 mode, the character @samp{;} begins a comment, but in C mode, it | |
61 terminates a statement. To support these variations, Emacs makes the | |
62 choice of syntax table local to each buffer. Typically, each major | |
63 mode has its own syntax table and installs that table in each buffer | |
8469 | 64 that uses that mode. Changing this table alters the syntax in all |
6552 | 65 those buffers as well as in any buffers subsequently put in that mode. |
66 Occasionally several similar modes share one syntax table. | |
67 @xref{Example Major Modes}, for an example of how to set up a syntax | |
68 table. | |
69 | |
70 A syntax table can inherit the data for some characters from the | |
71 standard syntax table, while specifying other characters itself. The | |
72 ``inherit'' syntax class means ``inherit this character's syntax from | |
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73 the standard syntax table.'' Just changing the standard syntax for a |
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74 character affects all syntax tables that inherit from it. |
6552 | 75 |
76 @defun syntax-table-p object | |
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77 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a syntax table. |
6552 | 78 @end defun |
79 | |
80 @node Syntax Descriptors | |
81 @section Syntax Descriptors | |
82 @cindex syntax classes | |
83 | |
84 This section describes the syntax classes and flags that denote the | |
85 syntax of a character, and how they are represented as a @dfn{syntax | |
86 descriptor}, which is a Lisp string that you pass to | |
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87 @code{modify-syntax-entry} to specify the syntax you want. |
6552 | 88 |
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89 The syntax table specifies a syntax class for each character. There |
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90 is no necessary relationship between the class of a character in one |
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91 syntax table and its class in any other table. |
6552 | 92 |
8469 | 93 Each class is designated by a mnemonic character, which serves as the |
6552 | 94 name of the class when you need to specify a class. Usually the |
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95 designator character is one that is often assigned that class; however, |
8469 | 96 its meaning as a designator is unvarying and independent of what syntax |
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97 that character currently has. Thus, @samp{\} as a designator character |
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98 always gives ``escape character'' syntax, regardless of what syntax |
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99 @samp{\} currently has. |
6552 | 100 |
101 @cindex syntax descriptor | |
8469 | 102 A syntax descriptor is a Lisp string that specifies a syntax class, a |
6552 | 103 matching character (used only for the parenthesis classes) and flags. |
104 The first character is the designator for a syntax class. The second | |
105 character is the character to match; if it is unused, put a space there. | |
106 Then come the characters for any desired flags. If no matching | |
107 character or flags are needed, one character is sufficient. | |
108 | |
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109 For example, the syntax descriptor for the character @samp{*} in C |
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110 mode is @samp{@w{. 23}} (i.e., punctuation, matching character slot |
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111 unused, second character of a comment-starter, first character of a |
6552 | 112 comment-ender), and the entry for @samp{/} is @samp{@w{. 14}} (i.e., |
113 punctuation, matching character slot unused, first character of a | |
114 comment-starter, second character of a comment-ender). | |
115 | |
116 @menu | |
117 * Syntax Class Table:: Table of syntax classes. | |
118 * Syntax Flags:: Additional flags each character can have. | |
119 @end menu | |
120 | |
121 @node Syntax Class Table | |
122 @subsection Table of Syntax Classes | |
123 | |
8469 | 124 Here is a table of syntax classes, the characters that stand for them, |
6552 | 125 their meanings, and examples of their use. |
126 | |
127 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{whitespace character} | |
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128 @dfn{Whitespace characters} (designated by @w{@samp{@ }} or @samp{-}) |
6552 | 129 separate symbols and words from each other. Typically, whitespace |
130 characters have no other syntactic significance, and multiple whitespace | |
131 characters are syntactically equivalent to a single one. Space, tab, | |
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132 newline and formfeed are classified as whitespace in almost all major |
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133 modes. |
6552 | 134 @end deffn |
135 | |
136 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{word constituent} | |
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137 @dfn{Word constituents} (designated by @samp{w}) are parts of normal |
6552 | 138 English words and are typically used in variable and command names in |
8469 | 139 programs. All upper- and lower-case letters, and the digits, are typically |
6552 | 140 word constituents. |
141 @end deffn | |
142 | |
143 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{symbol constituent} | |
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144 @dfn{Symbol constituents} (designated by @samp{_}) are the extra |
6552 | 145 characters that are used in variable and command names along with word |
146 constituents. For example, the symbol constituents class is used in | |
147 Lisp mode to indicate that certain characters may be part of symbol | |
148 names even though they are not part of English words. These characters | |
149 are @samp{$&*+-_<>}. In standard C, the only non-word-constituent | |
150 character that is valid in symbols is underscore (@samp{_}). | |
151 @end deffn | |
152 | |
153 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{punctuation character} | |
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154 @dfn{Punctuation characters} (designated by @samp{.}) are those |
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155 characters that are used as punctuation in English, or are used in some |
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156 way in a programming language to separate symbols from one another. |
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157 Most programming language modes, including Emacs Lisp mode, have no |
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158 characters in this class since the few characters that are not symbol or |
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159 word constituents all have other uses. |
6552 | 160 @end deffn |
161 | |
162 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{open parenthesis character} | |
163 @deffnx {Syntax class} @w{close parenthesis character} | |
164 @cindex parenthesis syntax | |
165 Open and close @dfn{parenthesis characters} are characters used in | |
166 dissimilar pairs to surround sentences or expressions. Such a grouping | |
167 is begun with an open parenthesis character and terminated with a close. | |
168 Each open parenthesis character matches a particular close parenthesis | |
169 character, and vice versa. Normally, Emacs indicates momentarily the | |
170 matching open parenthesis when you insert a close parenthesis. | |
171 @xref{Blinking}. | |
172 | |
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173 The class of open parentheses is designated by @samp{(}, and that of |
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174 close parentheses by @samp{)}. |
6552 | 175 |
176 In English text, and in C code, the parenthesis pairs are @samp{()}, | |
177 @samp{[]}, and @samp{@{@}}. In Emacs Lisp, the delimiters for lists and | |
178 vectors (@samp{()} and @samp{[]}) are classified as parenthesis | |
179 characters. | |
180 @end deffn | |
181 | |
182 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{string quote} | |
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183 @dfn{String quote characters} (designated by @samp{"}) are used in |
6552 | 184 many languages, including Lisp and C, to delimit string constants. The |
185 same string quote character appears at the beginning and the end of a | |
186 string. Such quoted strings do not nest. | |
187 | |
188 The parsing facilities of Emacs consider a string as a single token. | |
189 The usual syntactic meanings of the characters in the string are | |
190 suppressed. | |
191 | |
192 The Lisp modes have two string quote characters: double-quote (@samp{"}) | |
193 and vertical bar (@samp{|}). @samp{|} is not used in Emacs Lisp, but it | |
194 is used in Common Lisp. C also has two string quote characters: | |
195 double-quote for strings, and single-quote (@samp{'}) for character | |
196 constants. | |
197 | |
198 English text has no string quote characters because English is not a | |
199 programming language. Although quotation marks are used in English, | |
200 we do not want them to turn off the usual syntactic properties of | |
201 other characters in the quotation. | |
202 @end deffn | |
203 | |
204 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{escape} | |
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205 An @dfn{escape character} (designated by @samp{\}) starts an escape |
6552 | 206 sequence such as is used in C string and character constants. The |
207 character @samp{\} belongs to this class in both C and Lisp. (In C, it | |
208 is used thus only inside strings, but it turns out to cause no trouble | |
209 to treat it this way throughout C code.) | |
210 | |
211 Characters in this class count as part of words if | |
212 @code{words-include-escapes} is non-@code{nil}. @xref{Word Motion}. | |
213 @end deffn | |
214 | |
215 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{character quote} | |
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216 A @dfn{character quote character} (designated by @samp{/}) quotes the |
6552 | 217 following character so that it loses its normal syntactic meaning. This |
218 differs from an escape character in that only the character immediately | |
219 following is ever affected. | |
220 | |
221 Characters in this class count as part of words if | |
222 @code{words-include-escapes} is non-@code{nil}. @xref{Word Motion}. | |
223 | |
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224 This class is used for backslash in @TeX{} mode. |
6552 | 225 @end deffn |
226 | |
227 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{paired delimiter} | |
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228 @dfn{Paired delimiter characters} (designated by @samp{$}) are like |
6552 | 229 string quote characters except that the syntactic properties of the |
230 characters between the delimiters are not suppressed. Only @TeX{} mode | |
8469 | 231 uses a paired delimiter presently---the @samp{$} that both enters and |
232 leaves math mode. | |
6552 | 233 @end deffn |
234 | |
235 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{expression prefix} | |
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236 An @dfn{expression prefix operator} (designated by @samp{'}) is used for |
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237 syntactic operators that are considered as part of an expression if they |
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238 appear next to one. In Lisp modes, these characters include the |
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239 apostrophe, @samp{'} (used for quoting), the comma, @samp{,} (used in |
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240 macros), and @samp{#} (used in the read syntax for certain data types). |
6552 | 241 @end deffn |
242 | |
243 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{comment starter} | |
244 @deffnx {Syntax class} @w{comment ender} | |
245 @cindex comment syntax | |
246 The @dfn{comment starter} and @dfn{comment ender} characters are used in | |
247 various languages to delimit comments. These classes are designated | |
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248 by @samp{<} and @samp{>}, respectively. |
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250 English text has no comment characters. In Lisp, the semicolon | |
251 (@samp{;}) starts a comment and a newline or formfeed ends one. | |
252 @end deffn | |
253 | |
254 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{inherit} | |
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255 This syntax class does not specify a particular syntax. It says to look |
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256 in the standard syntax table to find the syntax of this character. The |
6552 | 257 designator for this syntax code is @samp{@@}. |
258 @end deffn | |
259 | |
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260 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{generic comment delimiter} |
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261 A @dfn{generic comment delimiter} character starts or ends a special |
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262 kind of comment. @emph{Any} generic comment delimiter matches |
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263 @emph{any} generic comment delimiter, but they cannot match a comment |
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264 starter or comment ender; generic comment delimiters can only match each |
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265 other. |
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267 This syntax class is primarily meant for use with the |
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268 @code{syntax-table} text property (@pxref{Syntax Properties}). You can |
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269 mark any range of characters as forming a comment, by giving the first |
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270 and last characters of the range @code{syntax-table} properties |
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271 identifying them as generic comment delimiters. |
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272 @end deffn |
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274 @deffn {Syntax class} @w{generic string delimiter} |
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275 A @dfn{generic string delimiter} character starts or ends a string. |
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276 This class differs from the string quote class in that @emph{any} |
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277 generic string delimiter can match any other generic string delimiter; |
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283 first and last characters of the range @code{syntax-table} properties |
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6552 | 287 @node Syntax Flags |
288 @subsection Syntax Flags | |
289 @cindex syntax flags | |
290 | |
291 In addition to the classes, entries for characters in a syntax table | |
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6552 | 293 characters @samp{1}, @samp{2}, @samp{3}, @samp{4}, @samp{b} and |
294 @samp{p}. | |
295 | |
296 All the flags except @samp{p} are used to describe multi-character | |
297 comment delimiters. The digit flags indicate that a character can | |
298 @emph{also} be part of a comment sequence, in addition to the syntactic | |
299 properties associated with its character class. The flags are | |
300 independent of the class and each other for the sake of characters such | |
301 as @samp{*} in C mode, which is a punctuation character, @emph{and} the | |
302 second character of a start-of-comment sequence (@samp{/*}), @emph{and} | |
303 the first character of an end-of-comment sequence (@samp{*/}). | |
304 | |
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308 @itemize @bullet | |
309 @item | |
8469 | 310 @samp{1} means @var{c} is the start of a two-character comment-start |
6552 | 311 sequence. |
312 | |
313 @item | |
314 @samp{2} means @var{c} is the second character of such a sequence. | |
315 | |
316 @item | |
8469 | 317 @samp{3} means @var{c} is the start of a two-character comment-end |
6552 | 318 sequence. |
319 | |
320 @item | |
321 @samp{4} means @var{c} is the second character of such a sequence. | |
322 | |
323 @item | |
324 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
325 @samp{b} means that @var{c} as a comment delimiter belongs to the | |
326 alternative ``b'' comment style. | |
327 | |
328 Emacs supports two comment styles simultaneously in any one syntax | |
329 table. This is for the sake of C++. Each style of comment syntax has | |
330 its own comment-start sequence and its own comment-end sequence. Each | |
331 comment must stick to one style or the other; thus, if it starts with | |
332 the comment-start sequence of style ``b'', it must also end with the | |
333 comment-end sequence of style ``b''. | |
334 | |
335 The two comment-start sequences must begin with the same character; only | |
336 the second character may differ. Mark the second character of the | |
8469 | 337 ``b''-style comment-start sequence with the @samp{b} flag. |
6552 | 338 |
339 A comment-end sequence (one or two characters) applies to the ``b'' | |
340 style if its first character has the @samp{b} flag set; otherwise, it | |
341 applies to the ``a'' style. | |
342 | |
343 The appropriate comment syntax settings for C++ are as follows: | |
344 | |
345 @table @asis | |
346 @item @samp{/} | |
347 @samp{124b} | |
348 @item @samp{*} | |
349 @samp{23} | |
350 @item newline | |
351 @samp{>b} | |
352 @end table | |
353 | |
8469 | 354 This defines four comment-delimiting sequences: |
355 | |
356 @table @asis | |
357 @item @samp{/*} | |
358 This is a comment-start sequence for ``a'' style because the | |
359 second character, @samp{*}, does not have the @samp{b} flag. | |
360 | |
361 @item @samp{//} | |
362 This is a comment-start sequence for ``b'' style because the second | |
363 character, @samp{/}, does have the @samp{b} flag. | |
364 | |
365 @item @samp{*/} | |
366 This is a comment-end sequence for ``a'' style because the first | |
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369 @item newline | |
370 This is a comment-end sequence for ``b'' style, because the newline | |
371 character has the @samp{b} flag. | |
372 @end table | |
6552 | 373 |
374 @item | |
375 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
376 @samp{p} identifies an additional ``prefix character'' for Lisp syntax. | |
377 These characters are treated as whitespace when they appear between | |
378 expressions. When they appear within an expression, they are handled | |
379 according to their usual syntax codes. | |
380 | |
381 The function @code{backward-prefix-chars} moves back over these | |
382 characters, as well as over characters whose primary syntax class is | |
383 prefix (@samp{'}). @xref{Motion and Syntax}. | |
384 @end itemize | |
385 | |
386 @node Syntax Table Functions | |
387 @section Syntax Table Functions | |
388 | |
389 In this section we describe functions for creating, accessing and | |
390 altering syntax tables. | |
391 | |
392 @defun make-syntax-table | |
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393 This function creates a new syntax table. It inherits the syntax for |
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394 letters and control characters from the standard syntax table. For |
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397 Most major mode syntax tables are created in this way. | |
398 @end defun | |
399 | |
400 @defun copy-syntax-table &optional table | |
401 This function constructs a copy of @var{table} and returns it. If | |
402 @var{table} is not supplied (or is @code{nil}), it returns a copy of the | |
403 current syntax table. Otherwise, an error is signaled if @var{table} is | |
404 not a syntax table. | |
405 @end defun | |
406 | |
407 @deffn Command modify-syntax-entry char syntax-descriptor &optional table | |
408 This function sets the syntax entry for @var{char} according to | |
409 @var{syntax-descriptor}. The syntax is changed only for @var{table}, | |
410 which defaults to the current buffer's syntax table, and not in any | |
411 other syntax table. The argument @var{syntax-descriptor} specifies the | |
412 desired syntax; this is a string beginning with a class designator | |
413 character, and optionally containing a matching character and flags as | |
414 well. @xref{Syntax Descriptors}. | |
415 | |
416 This function always returns @code{nil}. The old syntax information in | |
417 the table for this character is discarded. | |
418 | |
419 An error is signaled if the first character of the syntax descriptor is not | |
420 one of the twelve syntax class designator characters. An error is also | |
421 signaled if @var{char} is not a character. | |
422 | |
423 @example | |
424 @group | |
425 @exdent @r{Examples:} | |
426 | |
427 ;; @r{Put the space character in class whitespace.} | |
428 (modify-syntax-entry ?\ " ") | |
429 @result{} nil | |
430 @end group | |
431 | |
432 @group | |
433 ;; @r{Make @samp{$} an open parenthesis character,} | |
434 ;; @r{with @samp{^} as its matching close.} | |
435 (modify-syntax-entry ?$ "(^") | |
436 @result{} nil | |
437 @end group | |
438 | |
439 @group | |
440 ;; @r{Make @samp{^} a close parenthesis character,} | |
441 ;; @r{with @samp{$} as its matching open.} | |
442 (modify-syntax-entry ?^ ")$") | |
443 @result{} nil | |
444 @end group | |
445 | |
446 @group | |
447 ;; @r{Make @samp{/} a punctuation character,} | |
448 ;; @r{the first character of a start-comment sequence,} | |
449 ;; @r{and the second character of an end-comment sequence.} | |
450 ;; @r{This is used in C mode.} | |
8469 | 451 (modify-syntax-entry ?/ ". 14") |
6552 | 452 @result{} nil |
453 @end group | |
454 @end example | |
455 @end deffn | |
456 | |
457 @defun char-syntax character | |
458 This function returns the syntax class of @var{character}, represented | |
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461 | |
462 An error is signaled if @var{char} is not a character. | |
463 | |
464 The following examples apply to C mode. The first example shows that | |
465 the syntax class of space is whitespace (represented by a space). The | |
466 second example shows that the syntax of @samp{/} is punctuation. This | |
8469 | 467 does not show the fact that it is also part of comment-start and -end |
468 sequences. The third example shows that open parenthesis is in the class | |
6552 | 469 of open parentheses. This does not show the fact that it has a matching |
470 character, @samp{)}. | |
471 | |
472 @example | |
473 @group | |
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6552 | 475 @result{} " " |
476 @end group | |
477 | |
478 @group | |
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6552 | 480 @result{} "." |
481 @end group | |
482 | |
483 @group | |
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6552 | 485 @result{} "(" |
486 @end group | |
487 @end example | |
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6552 | 491 @end defun |
492 | |
493 @defun set-syntax-table table | |
494 This function makes @var{table} the syntax table for the current buffer. | |
495 It returns @var{table}. | |
496 @end defun | |
497 | |
498 @defun syntax-table | |
499 This function returns the current syntax table, which is the table for | |
500 the current buffer. | |
501 @end defun | |
502 | |
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537 @section Motion and Syntax | |
538 | |
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542 @defun skip-syntax-forward syntaxes &optional limit | |
543 This function moves point forward across characters having syntax classes | |
544 mentioned in @var{syntaxes}. It stops when it encounters the end of | |
8469 | 545 the buffer, or position @var{limit} (if specified), or a character it is |
6552 | 546 not supposed to skip. |
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552 integer. | |
553 @end defun | |
554 | |
555 @defun skip-syntax-backward syntaxes &optional limit | |
556 This function moves point backward across characters whose syntax | |
557 classes are mentioned in @var{syntaxes}. It stops when it encounters | |
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565 is zero or less. | |
566 @end defun | |
567 | |
568 @defun backward-prefix-chars | |
569 This function moves point backward over any number of characters with | |
570 expression prefix syntax. This includes both characters in the | |
571 expression prefix syntax class, and characters with the @samp{p} flag. | |
572 @end defun | |
573 | |
574 @node Parsing Expressions | |
575 @section Parsing Balanced Expressions | |
576 | |
577 Here are several functions for parsing and scanning balanced | |
578 expressions, also known as @dfn{sexps}, in which parentheses match in | |
579 pairs. The syntax table controls the interpretation of characters, so | |
580 these functions can be used for Lisp expressions when in Lisp mode and | |
581 for C expressions when in C mode. @xref{List Motion}, for convenient | |
582 higher-level functions for moving over balanced expressions. | |
583 | |
584 @defun parse-partial-sexp start limit &optional target-depth stop-before state stop-comment | |
585 This function parses a sexp in the current buffer starting at | |
8469 | 586 @var{start}, not scanning past @var{limit}. It stops at position |
587 @var{limit} or when certain criteria described below are met, and sets | |
588 point to the location where parsing stops. It returns a value | |
589 describing the status of the parse at the point where it stops. | |
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591 If @var{state} is @code{nil}, @var{start} is assumed to be at the top | |
592 level of parenthesis structure, such as the beginning of a function | |
593 definition. Alternatively, you might wish to resume parsing in the | |
594 middle of the structure. To do this, you must provide a @var{state} | |
595 argument that describes the initial status of parsing. | |
596 | |
597 @cindex parenthesis depth | |
598 If the third argument @var{target-depth} is non-@code{nil}, parsing | |
599 stops if the depth in parentheses becomes equal to @var{target-depth}. | |
600 The depth starts at 0, or at whatever is given in @var{state}. | |
601 | |
602 If the fourth argument @var{stop-before} is non-@code{nil}, parsing | |
603 stops when it comes to any character that starts a sexp. If | |
604 @var{stop-comment} is non-@code{nil}, parsing stops when it comes to the | |
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609 @cindex parse state | |
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6552 | 617 the parse: |
618 | |
619 @enumerate 0 | |
620 @item | |
621 The depth in parentheses, counting from 0. | |
622 | |
623 @item | |
624 @cindex innermost containing parentheses | |
8469 | 625 The character position of the start of the innermost parenthetical |
626 grouping containing the stopping point; @code{nil} if none. | |
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628 @item | |
629 @cindex previous complete subexpression | |
630 The character position of the start of the last complete subexpression | |
631 terminated; @code{nil} if none. | |
632 | |
633 @item | |
634 @cindex inside string | |
635 Non-@code{nil} if inside a string. More precisely, this is the | |
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639 @item | |
640 @cindex inside comment | |
8469 | 641 @code{t} if inside a comment (of either style). |
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643 @item | |
644 @cindex quote character | |
645 @code{t} if point is just after a quote character. | |
646 | |
647 @item | |
648 The minimum parenthesis depth encountered during this scan. | |
649 | |
650 @item | |
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661 | |
662 Elements 0, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are significant in the argument @var{state}. | |
663 | |
664 @cindex indenting with parentheses | |
665 This function is most often used to compute indentation for languages | |
666 that have nested parentheses. | |
667 @end defun | |
668 | |
669 @defun scan-lists from count depth | |
670 This function scans forward @var{count} balanced parenthetical groupings | |
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674 If @var{depth} is nonzero, parenthesis depth counting begins from that | |
675 value. The only candidates for stopping are places where the depth in | |
676 parentheses becomes zero; @code{scan-lists} counts @var{count} such | |
677 places and then stops. Thus, a positive value for @var{depth} means go | |
8469 | 678 out @var{depth} levels of parenthesis. |
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680 Scanning ignores comments if @code{parse-sexp-ignore-comments} is | |
681 non-@code{nil}. | |
682 | |
8469 | 683 If the scan reaches the beginning or end of the buffer (or its |
684 accessible portion), and the depth is not zero, an error is signaled. | |
685 If the depth is zero but the count is not used up, @code{nil} is | |
686 returned. | |
6552 | 687 @end defun |
688 | |
689 @defun scan-sexps from count | |
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694 Scanning ignores comments if @code{parse-sexp-ignore-comments} is | |
695 non-@code{nil}. | |
696 | |
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6552 | 701 @end defun |
702 | |
703 @defvar parse-sexp-ignore-comments | |
704 @cindex skipping comments | |
705 If the value is non-@code{nil}, then comments are treated as | |
706 whitespace by the functions in this section and by @code{forward-sexp}. | |
707 | |
708 In older Emacs versions, this feature worked only when the comment | |
709 terminator is something like @samp{*/}, and appears only to end a | |
710 comment. In languages where newlines terminate comments, it was | |
711 necessary make this variable @code{nil}, since not every newline is the | |
712 end of a comment. This limitation no longer exists. | |
713 @end defvar | |
714 | |
715 You can use @code{forward-comment} to move forward or backward over | |
716 one comment or several comments. | |
717 | |
718 @defun forward-comment count | |
719 This function moves point forward across @var{count} comments (backward, | |
720 if @var{count} is negative). If it finds anything other than a comment | |
721 or whitespace, it stops, leaving point at the place where it stopped. | |
722 It also stops after satisfying @var{count}. | |
723 @end defun | |
724 | |
725 To move forward over all comments and whitespace following point, use | |
726 @code{(forward-comment (buffer-size))}. @code{(buffer-size)} is a good | |
8469 | 727 argument to use, because the number of comments in the buffer cannot |
6552 | 728 exceed that many. |
729 | |
730 @node Standard Syntax Tables | |
731 @section Some Standard Syntax Tables | |
732 | |
12098 | 733 Most of the major modes in Emacs have their own syntax tables. Here |
734 are several of them: | |
6552 | 735 |
736 @defun standard-syntax-table | |
737 This function returns the standard syntax table, which is the syntax | |
738 table used in Fundamental mode. | |
739 @end defun | |
740 | |
741 @defvar text-mode-syntax-table | |
742 The value of this variable is the syntax table used in Text mode. | |
743 @end defvar | |
744 | |
745 @defvar c-mode-syntax-table | |
746 The value of this variable is the syntax table for C-mode buffers. | |
747 @end defvar | |
748 | |
749 @defvar emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table | |
750 The value of this variable is the syntax table used in Emacs Lisp mode | |
751 by editing commands. (It has no effect on the Lisp @code{read} | |
752 function.) | |
753 @end defvar | |
754 | |
755 @node Syntax Table Internals | |
756 @section Syntax Table Internals | |
757 @cindex syntax table internals | |
758 | |
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764 Each element of a syntax table is a cons cell of the form |
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868 Each category has a name, which is an @sc{ascii} printing character in |
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895 @result{} "Latin" |
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909 @defun category-table-p object |
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921 current category table. Otherwise, an error is signaled if @var{table} |
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971 Normally, it modifies the category set by adding @var{category} to it. |
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972 But if @var{reset} is non-@code{nil}, then it deletes @var{category} |
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974 @end defun |