Why stop there, why not get CamelCase mode... http://www.hotdispatch.com/palm/view-ip-requester?ID=14317280
I use it with JDE and love it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Schewe, Jon (MN65) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:09 PM > To: 'Paul Kinnucan' > Cc: Schewe, Jon (MN65); ABAK Systèmes; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Character _ is a word constituent in JDE > > > What exactly do you expect to change if I run this > modify-syntax-entry? > Granted I'm using XEmacs, so I could be missing something > already, but I've > executed this and the only change I see is that M-b does what > the c-mode > thing when walking across variables with underscores in them. > Highlighting > looks exactly the same. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Kinnucan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:59 PM > > To: Paul Kinnucan > > Cc: Schewe, Jon (MN65); ABAK Systèmes; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Character _ is a word constituent in JDE > > > > > > Paul Kinnucan writes: > > > 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 > > reason cited by people who asked for this feature. > > > > > > - Paul > > > > I forgot to add that, meanwhile, you can reinstate the c-mode > > interpretation by inserting the following form > > > > (modify-syntax-entry ?_ " ") > > > > into your jde-mode hook function. > > > > - Paul > > >
