Re: Shell-script[bash] indention broken (or fixed?)

[Steven T. Hatton]

On Sunday 12 June 2005 16:51, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > To my way of thinking, the '\' says I'm breaking the line for the sake of
> > the human reader, but the computer should not see the linebreak.
>
> Indeed, and to make the thing more readable, it is common practice to
> arrange for the indentation to help the reader figure out where the
> broken-line finishes and ends (otherwise, it really doesn't help the human
> reader much).  Your shell example is a prime example, where you used
> a single space of indentation.
>
> Of course, sometimes the exact number of spaces/tabs shouldn't be touched
> by Emacs, but I don't think there's a way for Emacs to figure it out, and
> the (relative) lack of complaint over the current default indentation
> choice seems to indicate that this default is a good choice.
>
>
>         Stefan
From what I can tell by looking at the customize options, there is no "leave 
as is" option similar to the one for comments.  My preference would be to 
have that option.
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Regards,
Steven