Schewe, Jon (MN65) writes: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Kinnucan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:51 PM > > To: Schewe, Jon (MN65) > > Cc: 'Paul Kinnucan'; ABAK Systèmes; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Character _ is a word constituent in JDE > > > > > > Schewe, Jon (MN65) writes: > > > Easy. Put this chunk of text in C mode and JDE mode > > > > > > void method() { > > > int var_bar; > > > } > > > > > > Now position the cursor on the ; and hit meta-b. In > > c-mode the cursor jumps > > > to the b, in jde-mode it jumps to the v. I'm sure there > > are other places > > > this comes into play, but this is the most annoying one about JDE. > > > > > > > I think the jde-mode interpretation is correct and > > preferable. The word is var_bar not bar. However, I will add > > a customization variable to let people who care deeply about > > this issue to choose the interpretation the JDE uses. Of > > course, if you choose the c-mode interpretation, you will not > > get syntax highlighting for names that begin with > > underscores, which is, if I recall correctly, the original > > Why not? c-mode does it. > void method() { > int _bar; > int bar; > } > > _bar is highlighted as a varible in c-mode. Then I don't recall correctly. Anyway there was a good reason for doing this and it had to do with names starting with underscores.
- Paul
