* newcomment.el (comment-search-backward): Revert last change.

* emacs-lisp/smie.el (smie--matching-block-data): Minor simplification.

* progmodes/octave.el (octave-mode): Set comment-use-global-state
to t.  (Bug#14303)

Fixes: debbugs:14434 debbugs:14303

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/octave.el b/lisp/progmodes/octave.el
index efa735e99b9..14d04b0d03c 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/octave.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/octave.el
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ definitions can also be stored in files and used in batch mode."
   ;; a ";" at those places where it's correct (i.e. outside of parens).
   (setq-local electric-layout-rules '((?\; . after)))
 
+  (setq-local comment-use-global-state t)
   (setq-local comment-start octave-comment-start)
   (setq-local comment-end "")
   (setq-local comment-start-skip octave-comment-start-skip)
@@ -664,6 +665,7 @@ in the Inferior Octave buffer.")
   :abbrev-table octave-abbrev-table
   (setq comint-prompt-regexp inferior-octave-prompt)
 
+  (setq-local comment-use-global-state t)
   (setq-local comment-start octave-comment-start)
   (setq-local comment-end "")
   (setq comment-column 32)