Triple-quoted string font-lock problem

[Jreese99]

Font-lock in xemacs is not displaying triple-quoted strings correctly.
For example:

"""
This is "a test" string
on multiple lines.
"""

The phrases "This is " and " string on multiple lines." are formatted
as strings, but "a test" is not formatted as a string.

It appears that the triple quote is being treated as three
individual quotation marks instead of as a single entity.

A fix for this will be greatly appreciated. I *love* python-mode.el!

[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=963247&group_id=86916&atid=581349]

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

This is not something python-mode can realistically address.
 As you properly guess, because of limitations in Emacs'
(and XEmacs') built-in syntax table implementation,
python-mode has no choice but to treat triple quoted strings
as three separate entities.

[Edloper (edloper)]

See patch #1023335 (Handle triple-quoted strings correctly):

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?
func=detail&aid=1023335&group_id=86916&atid=581351

It might not be the prettiest solution, but it works. :)

[franckyinuk (fmesirard-job)]

I have merged Edloper's fix with version 5.1.0 and it works for me.
Thanks Edloper

[Brett Hoerner (bretthoerner)]

Is the above patch the best fix for triple quotes strings that bleed out? ie: http://i40.tinypic.com/b51rpv.jpg

[Andreas Roehler (a-roehler)]

Hi Ed,

while closing this bug, let me thank you.

Think your approach has been valid, even if the solution --following python.el-- now differs in proceeding.
See https://code.launchpad.net/~a-roehler/python-mode/tqs-302834-amend

Andreas