Re: tex-validate-region reports false errors on some LaTeX commands

[Glenn Morris]

Joe Wells wrote:

> The correct solution would require that \(, \), \[, and \] are treated
> the same as \begin{math}, \end{math}, \begin{displaymath}, and
> \end{displaymath}.

I've installed a hack fix along these lines in the trunk. I don't want
to put it in the release branch, since I don't think the
tex-validate-* functions are very important, and the sexp motion
commands seem to be used quite a bit in tex-mode.

>   (\begin{quote})
>   \end{quote}
>
> If you put point to the left of the “(”, then forward-sexp moves to
> the right of the “)”.  If you put point before the \begin{quote}, then
> forward-sexp moves to the right of the \end{quote}.  This all happens
> despite the fact that the structures are not balanced properly.

The latex-forward-sexp function is not rigorous.