* newcomment.el (comment-beginning): If `comment-start-skip'
doesn't match, move back one char and try again. (Bug#16971)
- * emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el (lisp-mode-variables): Set
- `comment-use-syntax' to t to avoid the unnecessary runtime check.
+ * emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el (lisp-mode-variables):
+ Set `comment-use-syntax' to t to avoid the unnecessary runtime check.
Set `comment-start-skip' to a simpler value that doesn't try to
check if the semicolon is escaped (this is handled by
`syntax-ppss' now). (Bug#16971)