Re: request for define_syntax ()

["David A. Rogers" <darogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, John E. Davis wrote:

> Guido Gonzato <ggonza@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >I often find myself wondering whether the define_syntax () function could
> >take four parameters. It would be useful to write something like
> >
> >  define_syntax ("``", "''", '"', mode); % e.g. for LaTeX strings
>
> I will look into it but I make no promises.
>
> >Since I am unable to write regular expression rules that span multiple
> >lines (Heavens knows why), this syntax would make life easier.
>
> Jed uses a linked-list to represent the lines in a buffer.  The slang
> regular expression code (as well as other regular expression
> libraries) take a single string and apply patterns to it.  For this
> reason, it is not possible to use a regular expression across multiple
> lines.
>
> --John
>
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