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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Subject: Re: Emacs suggestion
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- References: <9212171638.AA23855@nene.cl.cam.ac.uk>
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:55:52 GMT
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- In article <9212171638.AA23855@nene.cl.cam.ac.uk> Edmund.GRimley-Evans@cl.CAm.ac.UK writes:
- >It might be useful to make the definition of "word" parameterisable, as
- >is the definition of "paragraph". This would make it easier to define
- >modes for other languages in which the set of characters allowable in a
- >"word" may vary.
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- It's already parameterized. See the documentation of Syntax Tables in the
- Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. A word is a sequence of characters having "w"
- syntax.
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- Barry Margolin
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