* progmodes/octave.el (octave-syntax-propertize-function): Include

the case when ' is at line beginning.

Fixes: debbugs:14336

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5adfea1d07a..79fd3820074 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-05-02  Leo Liu  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
+
+        * progmodes/octave.el (octave-syntax-propertize-function): Include
+        the case when ' is at line beginning.  (Bug#14336)
+
 2013-05-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * vc/vc-dir.el (vc-dir-mode): Don't autoload it for everyone.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/octave.el b/lisp/progmodes/octave.el
index 4b02645e463..3252b16cbad 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/octave.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/octave.el
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ parenthetical grouping.")
   (octave-syntax-propertize-sqs end)
   (funcall (syntax-propertize-rules
             ;; Try to distinguish the string-quotes from the transpose-quotes.
-            ("[[({,; ]\\('\\)"
+            ("\\(?:^\\|[[({,; ]\\)\\('\\)"
              (1 (prog1 "\"'" (octave-syntax-propertize-sqs end)))))
            (point) end))