How can I get the character (or set thereof) corresponding to a given syntax character in a major-mode
?
For example, I want to be able to get the escape character, eg '\' in most modes like elisp or C. I can't find a function that would return the character(s) corresponding to a syntax class -- in this case the escape syntax class, ie. (string-to-syntax "\\") ;; => (9)
in Lisp/C modes.
So, how can I go the other way, eg. (some-function '(9) major-mode) ;; => "\\"
Syntax tables are char-tables, you can use map-char-table
to check every rule in the syntax talbe, for example,
(defun foo (syntax-code syntax-table)
"Return chars (or char range) with SYNTAX-CODE in SYNTAX-TABLE."
(let (result)
(map-char-table
(lambda (k v)
;; k is either a char or (FROM . TO)
;; v is (SYNTAX-CODE . MATCHING-CHAR)
(when (= (car v) syntax-code)
(push (pcase k
(`(,from . ,to) (list (string from) (string to)))
(_ (string k)))
result)))
syntax-table)
(nreverse result)))
(foo 9 emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
;; => ("\\")