From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: char syntax of the $ in $var Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:57:19 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87oedb2sh4.fsf@robotron.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111572021 17124 80.91.229.2 (23 Mar 2005 10:00:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 23 11:00:20 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DE2et-00053Y-IY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:00:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DE2v4-0002dR-EF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:16:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DE2tA-0002Zq-GJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:15:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DE2t4-0002VG-M8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:14:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DE2t4-0002UX-Jj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:14:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DE2bj-00039f-RV; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 04:57:00 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 46AFA5EE089; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:56:58 +0100 (CET) Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:05:18 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35029 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35029 Miles Bader writes: > In sh, the $ is not really part of the name, so having > emacs think it is can be quite annoying (the case that drives me nuts > is that dynamic-abbrev won't complete `$FO' based on a previous > `FOO_BAR=...'); this argues for giving the $ a non-word syntax. Agree 100%. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk