Re: regexp problem with 2 character comment starter

[Stefan Monnier]

> (re-search-forward "\\s<") won't find comments  that begin with
> a 2 character comment starter.

Indeed.  (re-search-forward "\\s<") does not search for a beginning of
comment, but for a character whose syntax is "<", e.g. it'll not only ignore
"/*" in C, but it will also "incorrectly" find a ";" in elisp that's
preceded by a backslash.  It'll also find characters of syntax "<" placed
inside strings.

You can try comment-search-forward instead.  Note: you have to make sure
that comment-normalize-vars has been called in the current buffer before
using functions like comment-search-forward.

>   "Move to EOL. If there, to EOL sans comments."

What would it say if written in English? ;-)


        Stefan