Re: Emacs suggestion

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From: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:55

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In article <9212171638.AA23855@nene.cl.cam.ac.uk> Edmund.GRimley-Evans@cl.CAm.ac.UK writes:
>It might be useful to make the definition of "word" parameterisable, as
>is the definition of "paragraph". This would make it easier to define
>modes for other languages in which the set of characters allowable in a
>"word" may vary.

It's already parameterized.  See the documentation of Syntax Tables in the
Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.  A word is a sequence of characters having "w"
syntax.

-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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