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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Ben Finney <ben+gnu@benfinney.id.au>, 17333@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17333: sh-mode: File local variables for setting shell variant
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:40:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvlhuotaex.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1kr44gkyho.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:21:23 -0400")

>> The 'sh-mode' appears to have no means for allowing a non-executable
>> file to declare, in its local variables, the shell variant to use for
>> syntax.
> I'd also like a way to do this.
> In the past I've used
> -*- mode: sh; eval: (sh-set-shell "tcsh" nil nil) -*-
> but it is not great.
> Ideas that come to mind are a bunch of aliases (sh-bash-mode etc) that
> DTRT (yuck?);

Actually I think having sh-csh-mode, sh-sh-mode, and sh-rc-mode would be
a good idea.

> or sh-mode could add something to hack-local-variables-hook that
> respects a file-local `sh-buffer-shell' or somesuch.

The var's name is `sh-shell', and I guess this could make sense for the
"fine tuning" (e.g. distinguish between csh and tcsh), tho I'm not sure
it's worth the trouble.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-29 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-24  0:40 bug#17333: sh-mode: File local variables for setting shell variant Ben Finney
2014-04-29 14:21 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-29 15:40   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-04-30  1:17     ` Ben Finney
2014-05-22 20:42     ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-30  1:01   ` Ben Finney

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