35.4 Syntax Properties

When the syntax table is not flexible enough to specify the syntax of a language, you can use syntax-table text properties to override the syntax table for specific character occurrences in the buffer. See Text Properties. You can use Font Lock mode to set syntax-table text properties. See Setting Syntax Properties.

The valid values of syntax-table text property are:

syntax-table

If the property value is a syntax table, that table is used instead of the current buffer's syntax table to determine the syntax for this occurrence of the character.

(syntax-code . matching-char)

A cons cell of this format specifies the syntax for this occurrence of the character. (see Syntax Table Internals)

nil

If the property is nil, the character's syntax is determined from the current syntax table in the usual way.