Niklas Backlund <d99-nba / nada.kth.se> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm using ruby-mode.el rev 1.22, it seems to be the latest version
> since it's dated 2000/10/11... Anyway, when I write a regular
> expression containing '/', such as
> 
>    java_comment = /\s*\/\*/
> 
> the font colors are "inverted" from that point on, i e everything
> outside quotes has the quote color (beige or whatever), and
> incidental keywords and "pseudo-syntax" within quotes are 
> highlighted... My workaround right now is to add the line

My workaround: I place a backslash in front of a forward slash or two,
until the syntax highlighting fixes itself.

Jim
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