>>> The idea here is different, it is for identifiers, and in the >>> input syntax only, does not change the internal semantics at all. >>> It is good not having to type backslash when a command is used. >> >> Really? I highly doubt that. In particular, what about lyrics >> mode? > > The idea would be to change the file lexer.ll by adding U and > UCOMMAND: > > A [a-zA-Z\200-\377] > U [\200-\377] > AA {A}|_ > N [0-9] > ANY_CHAR (.|\n) > SYMBOL {A}([-_]{A}|{A})* > COMMAND \\{SYMBOL} > UCOMMAND {U}{SYMBOL} > > Then in select places, that is context switches, add {UCOMMAND}: > {COMMAND} { > return scan_escaped_word (YYText_utf8 () + 1); > } > {UCOMMAND} { > return scan_escaped_word (YYText_utf8 ()); > }
You might provide a MR, maybe it gets accepted. I still doubt that it would be a good idea. Werner