Re: parens matching not matching all matching parens

[Arjan Bos]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> > (define-generic-mode 'rtf-generic-mode
> >   nil
> >   nil
> >   (list "\\\\\\([a-z]+\\(-?[0-9]+\\)? ?\\)")
> >   (list "\\.[rR][tT][fF]")
> >   nil)
>
>
> Try
>
> (defvar rtf-font-lock-keywords
>   '("\\\\\\([a-z]+\\(-?[0-9]+\\)? ?\\)"))
>
> (defvar rtf-mode-syntax-table
>   (let ((st (make-syntax-table)))
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?\( "." st)
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?\) "." st)
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?\[ "." st)
>     (modify-syntax-entry ?\] "." st)
>     st))
>
> ;;;###autoload
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.[rR][tT][fF]\\'" . rtf-mode))
>
> (define-derived-mode rtf-mode text-mode "RTF"
>   "Major mode for Rich Text Format."
>   (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
>        '(rtf-font-lock-keywords)))
>
>
> -- Stefan
Stefan,

As always, your info is great, thanks! But I solved it by browsing 
generic-x.el and applying the needed changes.

btw, did you notice that indenting the syntax-table elisp above has 
problems with the parentheses and brackets?

Arjan

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