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Binary package hint: emacs
In the *scratch* buffer if you write (insert ?;) you can evaluate this
Lisp code and it behaves as intended (inserts a semicolon in the current
buffer) but doing M-x forward-sexp just before the expression results in
an "Unbalanced parentheses" error.
--- (Somewhat edited) original bug description follows ---
When you start Emacs by dragging a file to its icon or selecting "Open
with" in Konqueror or Firefox, the startup message includes an option to
dismiss the startup screen, with a checkbox to inhibit it from being
shown again when Emacs is invoked anew.
If I select the "Never show it again" button, before clicking on
"Dismiss the startup screen", I get the following error:
forward-sexp: Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 6391, 9919
This was traced to an .emacs file which Customize attempts to parse and
update, but fails because it contained a literal ?; in one of the
expressions.
Version:
GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
Kubuntu, Jaunty for x86-64
** Affects: emacs
Importance: Unknown
Status: Fix Released
** Affects: emacs25 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Fix Committed
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forward-sexp parses character literal ?; as comment
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405498
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