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23.1.50; C-M-d inside string in Lisp mode gets me out of string into unrelated sexp

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From: "Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr <at> freebits.de>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50;
	C-M-d inside string in Lisp mode gets me out of string into unrelated
	sexp
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:17:52 +0100

In a .el, or .lisp file with content

  (frob "foo")

  (bar
    ;; Like "Invoking
    ;; external command".
    (quux))

Move point inside the string "foo", and press C-M-d.

Emacs will move point to (|quux.


In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
 of 2009-11-23 on thaleron
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10604000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/home/tcr/software/emacs-cvs/' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--without-xpm''

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Message #8 received at 5588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: "Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr <at> freebits.de>
Cc: 5588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5588: 23.1.50;
	C-M-d inside string in Lisp mode gets me out of string into unrelated
	sexp
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:44:44 -0500

forcemerge 3416 5588
stop

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" wrote:

> Move point inside the string "foo", and press C-M-d.

As pointed out in http://debbugs.gnu.org/3416#10,
C-h f down-list says:

  This command assumes point is not in a string or comment.

Message #13 received at 5588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr <at> freebits.de>, 5588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5588: 23.1.50;	C-M-d inside string in Lisp mode gets me out
	of string into	unrelated sexp
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:58:31 +0100

Glenn Morris wrote:
> forcemerge 3416 5588
> stop
> 
> "Tobias C. Rittweiler" wrote:
> 
>> Move point inside the string "foo", and press C-M-d.
> 
> As pointed out in http://debbugs.gnu.org/3416#10,
> C-h f down-list says:
> 
>   This command assumes point is not in a string or comment.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Nonetheless, from a users view, think it's a major inconvenience.
Would qualify it as a bug mentioned in the docu.

Suggest leaving this report open, until someone cures it.

Andreas

Message #16 received at 5588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr <at> freebits.de>
Cc: 5588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5588: 23.1.50; C-M-d inside string in Lisp mode gets me out
 of string into unrelated sexp
Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 21:12:52 +0200

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr <at> freebits.de> writes:

> In a .el, or .lisp file with content
>
>   (frob "foo")
>
>   (bar
>     ;; Like "Invoking
>     ;; external command".
>     (quux))
>
> Move point inside the string "foo", and press C-M-d.
>
> Emacs will move point to (|quux.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

I've now made the command signal an error in Emacs 29 in these cases.

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