--- a/src/ChangeLog	Mon Feb 01 01:05:28 2010 -0600
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Mon Feb 01 23:07:33 2010 -0600
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@
 	* keymap.c (keymap_hash):
 	Implement.
 	
+2010-02-01  Ben Wing  <ben@xemacs.org>
+
+	* syntax.c:
+	* syntax.c (scan_lists):
+	* syntax.c (syms_of_syntax):
+	Declare `scan-error' as a type of `syntax-error'.  In `scan-lists'
+	et al., don't signal a syntax error but instead a `scan-error', and
+	pass a couple of integer arguments, for GNU compatibility.  Fixes
+	problems with typing double-quote in texinfo.el.
+
 2010-01-31  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
 
 	* symbols.c (Fspecial_operator_p, syms_of_symbols):

--- a/src/syntax.c	Mon Feb 01 01:05:28 2010 -0600
+++ b/src/syntax.c	Mon Feb 01 23:07:33 2010 -0600
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 /* A value that is guaranteed not be in a syntax table. */
 Lisp_Object Vbogus_syntax_table_value;
 
+Lisp_Object Qscan_error;
+
 static void syntax_cache_table_was_changed (struct buffer *buf);
 
 /* This is the internal form of the parse state used in parse-partial-sexp.  */
@@ -1353,6 +1355,7 @@
   int syncode;
   int min_depth = depth;    /* Err out if depth gets less than this. */
   struct syntax_cache *scache;
+  Charbpos last_good = from;
   
   if (depth > 0) min_depth = 0;
 
@@ -1370,6 +1373,8 @@
 	  c = BUF_FETCH_CHAR (buf, from);
 	  syncode = SYNTAX_CODE_FROM_CACHE (scache, c);
 	  code = SYNTAX_FROM_CODE (syncode);
+	  if (depth == min_depth)
+	    last_good = from;
 	  from++;
 
 	  /* a 1-char comment start sequence */
@@ -1483,8 +1488,9 @@
 	      {
 		if (noerror)
 		  return Qnil;
-		syntax_error ("Containing expression ends prematurely",
-			      Qunbound);
+		signal_error_2 (Qscan_error,
+				"Containing expression ends prematurely",
+				make_int (last_good), make_int (from));
 	      }
 	    break;
 
@@ -1656,8 +1662,9 @@
 	      {
 		if (noerror)
 		  return Qnil;
-		syntax_error ("Containing expression ends prematurely",
-			      Qunbound);
+		signal_error_2 (Qscan_error,
+				"Containing expression ends prematurely",
+				make_int (last_good), make_int (from));
 	      }
 	    break;
 
@@ -1727,7 +1734,8 @@
 
 lose:
   if (!noerror)
-    syntax_error ("Unbalanced parentheses", Qunbound);
+    signal_error_2 (Qscan_error, "Unbalanced parentheses",
+		    make_int (last_good), make_int (from));
   return Qnil;
 }
 
@@ -2418,6 +2426,8 @@
   DEFSUBR (Fscan_sexps);
   DEFSUBR (Fbackward_prefix_chars);
   DEFSUBR (Fparse_partial_sexp);
+
+  DEFERROR_STANDARD (Qscan_error, Qsyntax_error);
 }
 
 void