Re: Shell-script mode: Backslash has syntax "punctuation", not "escape".

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Martin and everybody!

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:51:17AM +0200, martin rudalics wrote:
> > Hi, Emacs!

> Hi, Alan!

> > Load the following file into Emacs:
> >
> > #########################################################################
> > #!/bin/bash
> > echo Backslash doesn\'t have escape syntax.
> > # The rest of the file now has string fontification.
> > #########################################################################
> >
> > Font locking doesn't take the backslash in "doesn\'t" seriously.  A
> > quick C-u C-x = on this backslash shows it has "." (punctuation) syntax.
> >

> Stefan fixed this in the trunk.  Did you try with the latest sources?

No, I hadn't.  I have now, and it works.  Thanks!  :-)

Apologies for the noise.

-- 
Alan.