Avoid escape nightmares by editing strings in a separate buffer.
I highly recommended installing string-edit through elpa.
It's available on marmalade and melpa:
M-x package-install string-edit
You can also install the dependencies on your own, and just dump string-edit in your path somewhere:
Call string-edit-at-point when inside a string. A new buffer pops
up with unescaped content, letting you edit it directly.
Then press C-c C-c to re-escape the content and insert into the
string, or C-c C-k to abort.
I made this package to edit html templates in javascript code. So it works a little special there:
- newlines in the content resolves into multiple concatenated strings.
- if the content starts with a
<, html-mode is enabled in the popup buffer.
- string interpolation (handle with intangible overlays?)
- what's the difference between a newline and a
\nin an emacs lisp multiline string? - setting major-mode for the popup buffer
Yes, please do. :-)
All changes must be accompanied by feature tests, or I might break it later. They are written in Ecukes, a Cucumber for Emacs.
You'll find the repo at:
https://github.com/magnars/VortexRings
To fetch the test dependencies, install cask if you haven't already, then:
$ cd /path/to/string-edit
$ cask
Run the tests with:
$ ./run-tests.sh
Copyright (C) 2013 Magnar Sveen
Author: Magnar Sveen magnars@gmail.com
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