Questions tagged [syntax]
is for grammar, structure, and order of language elements. Emacs provides many facilities for correcting syntax errors, building complex syntactic structures from simpler ones, and applying rules of composition with syntactical correctness.
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Support for fixed-length fields
I have a file which contains several lines. Each line contains of several "fields" (about 20 - 40 ), each having a fixed length of characters. There are no gaps (field1 follows fields2 and ...
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find etags not working right from ".txt" file
I use etags to find functions in my C code and everything works fine when I'm in a .c (or .h) file.
If I use the find-tag key (M-.) when the buffer is a different type of file (.txt) the tag search ...
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How does `eval-last-sexp` determine the expression for evaluation?
Context: Emacs 29.0.60
The ▬ and the empty lines after the script text below are point positions at which the interactively executed function eval-last-sexp echoes in the minibuffer and the *Messages* ...
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Why dividing long line (with lambda/interactive) in the (general.el) breaks off the Syntax coloring?
This is part of my general el config.
As shown in the image, when I divide long line (that has lamda, interative) into multiple lines :which-key ...... changes color.`
Why is this happening?
Am I ...
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Use-package :bind-keymap with car as a form
As you can see below, trying to make a cons using a backquote and a colon to evaluate a form causes an error. Surely this is a tiny mistake, but Lisp is not my cup of tea.
Let's just jump to the code:
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Why can't I compose commands `mark-whole-buffer` and `copy-region-as-kill` in Elisp code?
I am trying to write a small code snippet in Elisp.
Basically, I want to create a function so that the content of the whole buffer is copied and, then, copied to the kill ring.
I can achieve this by ...
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Raw Syntax Descriptor for a char at POS. What is it?
What is the Raw Syntax Descriptor for a char at POS? Can I have some examples so I can understand what this thing is all about?
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Syntax propertizing an exception to Python comment rule
I want to write a mode for the Cadabra 2 computer algebra system, which has Python-like syntax, with an exception of having the hash character # as a wild card in expressions, in addition to being a ...
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Measuring cyclomatic complexity of nested s-exp
I would like to measure the Cyclomatic Complexity on a file or a region of elisp code. By counting the maximum number of nested s-exp.
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Why does a stray period cause an error I associate with mismatched parens?
A typo that changed (foo) to (foo . ) in my .init file caused an Invalid read syntax: ) error.
I get why it's a syntax error. But why this error? I thought this error message reliably reflected ...
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How to support `<` and `>` as balanced parens without impacting ability to use them as comparison operators?
Languages like Erlang and Elixir use << >> for binaries and bit-string syntax, but they also use the classical < and > for comparison operators as well as -> and <- in list ...
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How can I make `forward-sexp` handle other balanced character-pairs such as < and > or << and >>?
I am trying to find an easy and efficient way to modify the behaviour of forward-sexp to handle balanced pairs of characters not normally supported by it, such as balanced < and > and balanced &...
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How to detect whether current major-mode allows dashes ("-") in its symbol names?
To enable smart-dash ("an Emacs minor mode which redefines the dash key to insert an underscore within C-style identifiers and a dash otherwise") after falling in love with Kebab/Lisp case,
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Syntax coloring: Unable to color special syntax
I am writing a mode to color a few common syntax in a symbolic language called FORM. I am a new user of emacs and I took the help of this website to write down the following code. I modified the ...
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How to 'modify-syntax-entry' for a major mode?
Following this answer, when I type (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w")
and do M-x eval-region, it has the effect I'm looking for, albeit only for that buffer. I've put (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w") in my ....
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Can syntax parsing recognize the SQL '' (escape apostrophe/single quote) construct within SQL strings?
I am trying to enhance SQL mode such that editing of files of SQL code becomes more convenient, especially as far as jumping around is concerned (e.g. things like sql-goto-end-of-string etc.). I have ...
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Why needs syntax highlighting often a `revert-buffer`?
Quite frequently, syntax highlighting in a given buffer is broken (i.e., a big fraction of the code is not highlighted). This is definitely not due to syntax errors, and the point at which ...
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Circular list use of "#"
Looking at this, I see
(setq x '#1=(a #1#))
but this evaluates to (a #0). As I understand, this should be (a #1=(a #1#)). But then what syntax makes #0 mean #1=(a #1#)? In general what is # doing in ...
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Completing underscored words without making _ a word character
I would like to use evil-complete-previous (or whatever) to
complete strings_such_as_this, which is by default not possible.
It is possible after (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w"), but this
has the ...
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python interpreter within emacs fails on simple test on __main__ (syntax error)
This small program runs well in Terminal :
mac2011% cat bug.py
print(__name__ == "__main__")
#if True:
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("main")
else:
print("not main")
mac2011% python bug.py
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How to find the matching bracket at a point in elisp?
What is a reliable way to find the matching balanced bracket (eg: {}, [], () in C or Python), which doesn't get confused by brackets in strings, or escaped brackets for e.g.
Example:
["Foo]" ?\] 0 [...
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forward-word and non-letter "words"
Using forward-word with this line:
foo *** *** bar,
I want to have the folowing behavior:
foo| ***| ***| bar|,
Not:
foo| *** *** bar|,
So, if between spaces there are only non-letter symbols, ...
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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-read-syntax ")") read(#<buffer *load*>)
Launch Emacs using runemacs --debug-init and the following error occurred. any idea on how to locate the file/script of the error or how to fix it? Thanks in advance.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (...
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"Symbol's value as variable is void: *" using load-file
I have this function in my config file and for some reason, I'm getting this error: Symbol's value as variable is void: *.
(defun reload-config()
"Reload config.org"
(interactive)
(load-...
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Accessing next/previous parenthesis instead of just the outermost one? (as with `syntax-ppss`)
syntax-ppss gives the surrounding parenthesis.
Is it possible to get the next/previous parenthesis using this API?
(which has the advantage of caching the syntax tree and working with multiple ...
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Test if I am inside a paired delimiter
I have been having a problem where I want an up-sexp command that treats paired delimiters like $ in LaTeX-mode just as if they were pairs of balanced parentheses. There are hacks I can use that get ...
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How to use helm-occur to search the whole word?
For example, I got the following lines:
1. abc
2. abc def
3. abc_def
4. _abc
5. abc_
and I want to search only the word abc, so only the 1 and 2 lines matches, I googled a while, it says \babc\b ...
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How can I make syntax-propertize skip part of the buffer?
In SPARQL, comments starts with a # and follows to the end of the line. The problem is that URI's, which is a big part of SPARQL, can also contain #, but then they are not the start of a comment. Like ...
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Easily changing matching quotes
Not infrequently, I want to change the delimiters of a string from single quotes to double quotes, or vice versa. This is so annoying a process I wonder if there's an easier way.
What I do now is:
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Keyword as comment ender (and starter)
In my previous question I asked about complex comment-start sequence and I think I figured it out, but now I have another problem. Let say we have this mode:
(defconst test-font-lock-keywords
'(("\\...
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Is it possible to define all keywords' function definitions as plist-get?
I really, really like Clojure-style maps:
{:keyword "value"
:keyword2 'value2}
which can be used like
(get my-map :keyword)
or, even better,
(:keyword my-map)
Can I teach Elisp how to do this?
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Is there a syntax in Elisp for indexed getters and setters?
I want to define a struct for chores
(defstruct chore name sector assignments)
where the assignments slot is a vector with seven positions. I know that the above syntax will generate the getters ...
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backward-kill-word kills too much, how to make it more intelligent?
I'm looking for a way to reduce what Emacs kills when I use backward-kill-word.
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
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add a rule to syntax-propertize-rules
I have an issue outlined here that I was able to find a partial solution for. The problem involved changing perl-modes syntax table. One of the commenters pointed me to the function syntax-propertize-...
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modify syntax table for strings in perl modes
My company uses a version of Perl where you can define by binary number using something like my $var = 'b010110110; etc. Problem is both perl-mode and cperl-mode interpret ' as the start of the string ...
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How to treat region between conflict markers as comment?
While resolving complex conflicts manually, I usually want emacs to treat conflict markers and region between them as comment, since it breaks major-mode's syntactic analysis (fontification, electric-...
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Syntax highlighting (in Emacs) for SQL code in log files
How can we highlight SQL code in some log files, with Emacs?
Sample log file:
[DEBUG][2016-05-26 09:04:51,714][FileHelper] - [realContextPath=[/server.xml]]
[DEBUG][2016-05-26 10:24:22,369][...
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Emacs Syntax Table Modifications [closed]
I am looking to write my own major mode.
The programming language that I need to write it for has //... and /* ... */ style comments. I am having a very hard time getting the syntax tables working ...
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How to customize the line character length in elpy?
I am using elpy for my Python development, but I would like to set the per-line character limit to 120 instead of the default 80 used by PEP8. Any suggestions on how I can do this? Even better, it ...
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Is the sharp dollar (#$) sign the same as load-file-name in Emacs?
I see Emacs use #$ in autoload files, but I don't known if there are any difference between #$ and load-file-name. When I use them in a file, they looks like the same and when I print them by M-: they ...
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Why does forward-word stop at this quotation mark? [duplicate]
Minimal example code, run it from emacs -Q. Note the use of unicode RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK (’) not APOSTROPHE (').
(modify-syntax-entry ?’ "w p" text-mode-syntax-table) ; that's the same syntax ...
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Does word syntax take script into account?
I call count-words-region (M-x =) on US/RU/IPA string:
HelloПривheləʊ
The following message is printed:
Region has 1 line, 4 words, and 14 characters.
All symbols have w syntax, but differ in ...
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Turn on semantic mode for C/C++
I got these lines:
;; turn on semantic
(semantic-mode 1)
;; define a function which adds semantic as backup to auto-complete
(defun my:add-semantic-to-autocomplete()
(add-to-list 'ac-sources 'ac-...
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Consistent way to represent key sequences? [duplicate]
The macro kbd doesn't work for all desired input. For example, this results in an error:
(kbd "C-H-left")
edmacro-parse-keys: C-H- must prefix a single character, not left
and should be written as:
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How to make $ not part of a symbol in tcl-mode?
Recently I found out about isearch-forward-symbol-at-point but in tcl it's rather useless, because when dereferencing a variable the $ is part of the symbol and so the symbol-at-point $var does not ...
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Auto-indent problems related to syntax in Haxe-Mode
In the Haxe programming language, you can specify the type of the return value of a function with a colon.
function funcName() : ReturnType { }
This becomes a problem when using emacs with haxe-mode....
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Strip arbitrary characters from a string?
Q: How can I strip non-word characters from a string?
For an arbitrary string, how do I strip all characters with non-word syntax? Alternately, using a regexp, how do I strip out the non-alphabetic ...
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ps-print-buffer-with-faces with color-theme'ed dark background
Similar to Change syntax highlighting when doing ps-print-buffer-with-faces
I typically use emacs with a dark background, but I'd like to print my buffer onto a white background (i.e. white paper). ...
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How to keep underscores in Python within a word boundary?
When writing code in python-mode my preference would be to include underscores within a word boundary, so variable_with_underscores is treated as a single word.
How would I limit my word preference ...
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How can I configure imenu to ignore comments?
To configure imenu in my major mode, I need to set imenu-generic-expression to have regexps for functions.
However, this is incorrectly detects things inside comments and strings that look like ...
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