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Subject: Re: cperl-mode syntax table problem/fix?
To: mrb@Eng.Sun.COM
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:56:16 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: aichner@ecf.teradyne.com (Adrian Aichner),
        xemacs-beta@xemacs.org (XEmacs Beta Mailing List),
        arius@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
In-Reply-To: <199706200057.RAA05477@xemacs.eng.sun.com> from "Martin Buchholz" at Jun 19, 1997 05:57:03 PM
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Martin Buchholz writes:
> 
> >>>>> "AA" == Adrian Aichner <aichner@ecf.teradyne.com> writes:
> 
> AA> _ has no text properties at all.
> 
> AA> By changing the syntax table entry for `_' from symbol-constituent to
> AA> word-constituent I can fix this problem.
> 
> I was the one who changed it from word-constituent to
> symbol-constituent.  If we're going to fix it, let's fix it right.
> The Emacs standard is for `_' to be a symbol-constituent in those
> languages where it can be used in a symbol.

I do not follow you. _ is an alphanumeric in Perl.

Ilya

