Bug#737673: incorrect comment highlighting in package descriptions

2018-10-20 Thread David Bremner
Tim Landscheidt writes: > David Bremner wrote: > >> […] > >> I tried the obvious-to-me fix of anchoring the regex comment-start-skip, >> but it didn't work (like so many obvious things ;)). If anybody has a >> better understanding of comments and font-lock, suggestions welcome. > > AFAIU https:/

Bug#737673: incorrect comment highlighting in package descriptions

2018-10-20 Thread Tim Landscheidt
David Bremner wrote: > […] > I tried the obvious-to-me fix of anchoring the regex comment-start-skip, > but it didn't work (like so many obvious things ;)). If anybody has a > better understanding of comments and font-lock, suggestions welcome. AFAIU https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25245469

Bug#737673: incorrect comment highlighting in package descriptions

2018-10-20 Thread David Bremner
Russ Allbery writes: > Package: dpkg-dev-el > Version: 35.11 > Severity: minor > > debian-control-mode does syntax highlighting for comments in the > debian/control file, which is great. However, the pattern to > detect comments appears not to be anchored at the start of the line. > So, for exam

Bug#737673: incorrect comment highlighting in package descriptions

2014-02-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: dpkg-dev-el Version: 35.11 Severity: minor debian-control-mode does syntax highlighting for comments in the debian/control file, which is great. However, the pattern to detect comments appears not to be anchored at the start of the line. So, for example, when editing the following: Desc