From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: sh-script mode does not understand printf Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:22:25 +0000 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5wwua8pixa.fsf@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk> References: <3FAF6698.5000301@Nols.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068464591 16917 80.91.224.253 (10 Nov 2003 11:43:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:43:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 10 12:43:09 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJARp-0003k2-00 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:43:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJBJ4-00016L-Dy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:38:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJBH8-00014G-Jj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:36:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJBGZ-0000yG-R3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:36:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.111.8.13] (helo=rose.csi.cam.ac.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJB5L-0008Ty-Dh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:23:59 -0500 Original-Received: from cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.69.186]) by rose.csi.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AJA7m-0000JY-T7; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:22:26 +0000 Original-Received: from xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (IDENT:QCCgE4dZnAyqC6ONQhS7nTNq7ET6cyIY@xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk [131.111.69.235]) by cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAABMPaI011356; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:22:26 GMT Original-Received: from xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (IDENT:oqoAi28J38Q2uz2P9CcLekCkdFdfihKw@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk [131.111.69.34]) by xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hAABMPp03642; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:22:25 GMT Original-To: Peter Dyballa X-Spook: credit card efnet al-Jihad socialist intel Mafia Alliance X-Attribution: GM Mail-Followup-To: Peter Dyballa , bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <3FAF6698.5000301@Nols.de> (Peter Dyballa's message of "Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:21:12 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6119 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6119 Peter Dyballa wrote: > In Shell-script mode printf is not highlighted as part of shell > syntax. Printf is a powerful successor to the various echo variants. Thanks - the CVS version of Emacs already knows about printf, for the bash shell. Not all shells have printf as a builtin, for example (t)csh does not. If you were thinking of a different shell with a builtin printf, please say which.