Function: set-syntax-table

set-syntax-table is a function defined in syntax.c.

Signature

(set-syntax-table TABLE)

Documentation

Select a new syntax table for the current buffer.

One argument, a syntax table.

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Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/syntax.c
{
  int idx;
  check_syntax_table (table);
  bset_syntax_table (current_buffer, table);
  /* Indicate that this buffer now has a specified syntax table.  */
  idx = PER_BUFFER_VAR_IDX (syntax_table);
  SET_PER_BUFFER_VALUE_P (current_buffer, idx, 1);
  return table;
}