counsel-describe-function and `...' quoted stuff

[tsdh]

I use counsel-describe-function and counsel-describe-variable as drop-in replacements for the standard commands. However, there's one thing where the standard ones work better.

When point is somewhere in ``some-command-name'and you doC-h f`, then `some-command-name` is used as default value. With the counsel variants, the quoting with ` and ' prevents that (actually, it's the trailing single quote which is the problem).

[abo-abo]

When point is somewhere in `some-command-name' and you do C-h f, then some-command-name is used as default value.

I don't have this problem - it works as expected for me. Can you reproduce with emacs -Q? Note that the function at point must be interned - that threw me off when I tested just now with emacs -Q. After interning the function, it worked fine.

[tsdh]

I just found out it is mode-specific (most probably syntax-table specific).

With emacs -Q in an elisp-mode buffer, it works as expected.
With emacs -Q in a message-mode-buffer, (thing-at-point 'symbol) somewhere inside ``insert'results ininsert'` (note that the trailing ' is considered part of the symbol). It's the same in text-mode. So at least text- and message-mode give ' a word syntax. That's probably for making `it's` a word which makes sense.

[abo-abo]

Thanks.