Re: +1 char strings as open-bracket/close-bracket

[Joost Kremers]

Kokor Hekkus wrote:
> Any way of modifying the syntax table to identify a string of more
> than one character as an open-bracket or a close-bracket character.
> For instance, you might do:
>
>      (modify-syntax-entry ?^ "($")
>      (modify-syntax-entry ?$ ")^")
>
> ...to make ^ and $ match each other (from EmacsWiki).  How would I
> make the two character strings '#>' and '<#' match in the same way?
> The above doesn't work.

if i do C-h f modify-syntax-entry RET, somewhere in the help buffer, it
says:

"Only single-character comment start and end sequences are represented thus.
Two-character sequences are represented as described below."

i guess that would be a starting point for you to look at.


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