Re: Fwd: [ELPA] New package: pspp-mode.el for PSPP/SPSS syntax highlighting

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 7:59 AM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> >  COMMENT at the start of a line (optionally preceded by whitespace) begins 
> > a comment.
> >  * at the start of a line (optionally preceded by whitespace) begins a 
> > comment.
> >  In general, comments are terminated by the end of a line.
>
> That would mean that the doc needs to be fixed, since it says at
> https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/COMMENT.html:
>
>     COMMENT can extend over any number of lines.  Don’t forget to terminate
>     it with a dot or a blank line.
>
> I don't fully understand what `segmenter_parse_comment_1__` does in
> `src/language/lexer/segment.c` but it seems to suggest that the doc is
> right, yet the `t-test.sps` file strongly suggests that the reality
> is different.
>
> Could someone enlighten me as to the actual syntax of comments for .sps
> files (maybe it's not defined in `src/language/lexer/segment.c` but in
> some other file)?

I think that my parallel contribution to the thread here explains this,
but if not then please do ask for clarification.