indentation commands (@pxref{Program Indent}) and Font Lock mode
(@pxref{Font Lock}).
+@cindex \( in strings
The most likely problem case is when you want an opening delimiter
at the start of a line inside a string. To avoid trouble, put an
escape character (@samp{\}, in C and Emacs Lisp, @samp{/} in some
followed by a character with open-parenthesis syntax.
@end defopt
+@cindex \( in strings
@defopt open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start
If this variable's value is non-@code{nil}, an open parenthesis in
column 0 is considered to be the start of a defun. If it is
@code{nil}, an open parenthesis in column 0 has no special meaning.
-The default is @code{t}.
+The default is @code{t}. If a string literal happens to have a
+parenthesis in column 0, escape it with backslash to avoid a false
+positive, @xref{Left Margin Paren,, Left Margin Convention, emacs, The
+GNU Emacs Manual}.
@end defopt
@defvar beginning-of-defun-function