Re: syntax for ?= in sh-mode

[Dan Nicolaescu]

address@hidden (Daniel Pfeiffer) writes:

  > Saluton,
  > 
  > Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> skribis:
  > 
  > > Is there any reason that the syntax of ?= is symbol in sh-mode? 
  > > Can it be changed to punctuation (or something else)? 
  > 
  > I would assume so, but I am not the maintainer of sh-mode.  I don't think,
  > when I created this mode centuries ago, that I made it to be that way.  I
  > wonder if there was some reason for this change...
  > 
  > > This causes problem with dabbrev.
  > > 
  > > For example, given the following file:
  > > 
  > > #!/bin/bash
  > > MY_LONG_VAR=234
  > > 
  > > ANOTHER_VAR=${MY_LO
  > > 
  > > If the point is at the end (after _LO) and M-/ is pressed the
  > > completion will be "${MY_LONG_VAR=234", which is not very helpful. 
  > > Changing the syntax of ?= to be "." makes M-/ complete ${MY_LONG_VAR,
  > > which is nicer. 
  > 
  > Fully agreed!

The patch below implements this. 
Can somebody please check this in? 


2004-09-10  Dan Nicolaescu  <address@hidden>

        * progmodes/sh-script.el (sh-mode-default-syntax-table): Set syntax
        of = to "." (punctuation).

*** sh-script.el        20 Aug 2004 14:28:40 -0700      1.140
--- sh-script.el        10 Sep 2004 14:05:30 -0700      
***************
*** 421,426 ****
--- 421,427 ----
        ?^ "_"
        ?~ "_"
        ?, "_"
+       ?= "."
        ?< "."
        ?> ".")
    "Default syntax table for shell mode.")