Elisp: Determine Cursor is Inside String or Comment

Check If Cursor is Inside String

(nth 3 (syntax-ppss))

return true if cursor is inside a string.

Check If Cursor is Inside Comment

(nth 4 (syntax-ppss))

return true if cursor is inside a comment.

2014-06-26 thanks to Elias Martenson https://plus.google.com/+EliasMartenson/posts for feedback.

Reference

• Parsing Expressions (ELISP Manual)