[TxMt] Java language grammar problems

[Steve Lianoglou]

> I had this issue too -- here is Allan's reply (it was off-list)
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>>> This is an issue for me because I use a macro to insert a newline  
>>> and '*' bound to the return key. When I move outside the comment  
>>> and press return that macro is run because TM thinks it is inside  
>>> the comment.block scope.

Hah .. that's exactly how I found that one, too :-)

>> The only solution is to modify the language grammar to markup  
>> things differently. For example you could assign a name to the  
>> last slash (see about language grammars / captures ) and then give  
>> a scope selector like: comment.block - meta.end-of-comment.

Would it make sense to make that part of the official lang bundle?
I'd imagine manay-a-folk would find macro of continuing a block  
comment w/ a leading "*" when writing up docs.

Thanks for the heads up on that one.
-steve