[Ilisp-help] [OT?] multi-line comment font-lock problem for lisp-mode

[Torsten A. <t.a...@qu...>]

Hi,

Sorry, I am not quite sure whether this list is the right place to ask. 

My problem is related to the font-lock-mode for lisp-mode, no idea
whether this is influenced by ilisp. Anyway, I do believe some people
here came across the same issue.

I am used to put some tests calls in my code (commented out). So I
surround them by #| and |#. Emacs colours multi-line comments properly
as long as they only contain text. But as soon as I put code in the
comment (i.e. a line starting with an open parenthesis), the colouring
becomes, well, strange (i.e. rather complicated behaviour). E.g., all
code after the multi-line comment (i.e. starting with the the | in |#)
is coloured in string face (up the the next |).

I read in the Emacs doc that an open parenthesis always starts a new
code block (e.g. a defun). Is there some way to switch of this
behaviour?

Thanks!

Kind regards,
Torsten Anders

PS: I am running GNU-Emacs 21.2 and ilisp-5.12.0 on a RH 8.0 Linux box
(I believe I also saw this problem on Emacs running on Win).

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Torsten Anders
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queens University Belfast
Tel: +44 28 9027 4831 (office)
     +44 28 9066 7439 (private)