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comparison man/programs.texi @ 46035:11e7a6a33a8c
Explain font lock highlighting of opening delims that should be quoted.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:27:41 +0000 |
| parents | 9ee4a7e22180 |
| children | e8faddf96f0f |
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| 178 @example | 178 @example |
| 179 (insert "Foo: | 179 (insert "Foo: |
| 180 \(bar) | 180 \(bar) |
| 181 ") | 181 ") |
| 182 @end example | 182 @end example |
| 183 | |
| 184 To help you catch violations of this convention, Font Lock mode | |
| 185 highlights confusing opening delimiters (those that ought to be | |
| 186 quoted) in bold red. | |
| 183 | 187 |
| 184 In the earliest days, the original Emacs found defuns by moving | 188 In the earliest days, the original Emacs found defuns by moving |
| 185 upward a level of parentheses or braces until there were no more | 189 upward a level of parentheses or braces until there were no more |
| 186 levels to go up. This always required scanning all the way back to | 190 levels to go up. This always required scanning all the way back to |
| 187 the beginning of the buffer, even for a small function. To speed up | 191 the beginning of the buffer, even for a small function. To speed up |