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From: jbw@bucsf.bu.edu (Joe Wells)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: c-mode can't handle { at beg. of line inside string
Message-ID: <JBW.89Dec17220131@bucsf.bu.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 89 03:01:31 GMT
References: <8912160114.AA00605@paris.Berkeley.EDU>
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In-reply-to: mcgrath%paris.Berkeley.EDU@GINGER.BERKELEY.EDU's message of 16 Dec 89 01:13:59 GMT

In article <8912160114.AA00605@paris.Berkeley.EDU> mcgrath%paris.Berkeley.EDU@GINGER.BERKELEY.EDU (Roland McGrath) writes:

   Put this:

   foo()
   {
     bar("hi\
   {...}",

   in a buffer in c-mode, put point at the end of the buffer, and hit LFD.

Well, I sympathize with you, but this is a documented weakness.
Fortunately in the C language, "{" is equivalent to "\{", so you can get
around this:

foo()
{
  bar("hi\
\{...}",

Enjoy,

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