how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

[xiaweitang]

My emacs does syntax highlighting for C++, latex files, and also .Xdefaults,
.xinitrc and so on. However, it doesn't do for other files like .inputrc and
/etc/conf.d/local.start. My local.start file :

# This is a good place to load any misc programs
# on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)

# disable wlan0 LED blinking
echo phy0assoc > `find /sys/devices/ -name iwl-phy0::assoc`/trigger
&>/dev/null

# from http://my.opera.com/xliot/blog/
if ! test -p /lib/splash/cache/.splash; then
rm /lib/splash/cache/.splash &>/dev/null
mkfifo /lib/splash/cache/.splash
fi
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Re: how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

[Dan Davison]

xiaweitang <jadelightking@gmail.com> writes:

> My emacs does syntax highlighting for C++, latex files, and also .Xdefaults,
> .xinitrc and so on. However, it doesn't do for other files like .inputrc and
> /etc/conf.d/local.start.

Syntax highlighting is determined by what "major mode" emacs chooses
when it visits the file. For shell scripts starting with an interpreter
declaration like #!/bin/bash, emacs knows which major mode to use. For
random configuration files that are in no particular language, you might
want to use conf-mode.

To tell emacs what mode you want it to use for a particular file, you
could do either of the following:

1. Place a special comment in the file telling emacs what major mode to use.
   See the emacs manual:
   http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html#Specifying-File-Variables

   or use info (place cursor after last parenthesis and press C-x C-e):
   (info "Emacs(Specifying File Variables)")

2. Configure the variable auto-mode-alist. For example, you could do this
   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inputrc\\'" . conf-mode))

Dan

> My local.start file :
>
> # This is a good place to load any misc programs
> # on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)
>
> # disable wlan0 LED blinking
> echo phy0assoc > `find /sys/devices/ -name iwl-phy0::assoc`/trigger
> &>/dev/null
>
> # from http://my.opera.com/xliot/blog/
> if ! test -p /lib/splash/cache/.splash; then
> rm /lib/splash/cache/.splash &>/dev/null
> mkfifo /lib/splash/cache/.splash
> fi

Re: how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

[Yuliang Wang]

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Isn't there a way for emacs to automatically detect file types, other than
add comment in each file or add items in .emacs one by one?  Vim auto
detects .inputrc, but emacs doesn't.   Vim doesn't auto detect .xinitrc, but
emacs does.  Funny.

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> xiaweitang <jadelightking@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > My emacs does syntax highlighting for C++, latex files, and also
> .Xdefaults,
> > .xinitrc and so on. However, it doesn't do for other files like .inputrc
> and
> > /etc/conf.d/local.start.
>
> Syntax highlighting is determined by what "major mode" emacs chooses
> when it visits the file. For shell scripts starting with an interpreter
> declaration like #!/bin/bash, emacs knows which major mode to use. For
> random configuration files that are in no particular language, you might
> want to use conf-mode.
>
> To tell emacs what mode you want it to use for a particular file, you
> could do either of the following:
>
> 1. Place a special comment in the file telling emacs what major mode to
> use.
>   See the emacs manual:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html#Specifying-File-Variables
>
>   or use info (place cursor after last parenthesis and press C-x C-e):
>   (info "Emacs(Specifying File Variables)")
>
> 2. Configure the variable auto-mode-alist. For example, you could do this
>   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inputrc\\'" . conf-mode))
>
> Dan
>
> > My local.start file :
> >
> > # This is a good place to load any misc programs
> > # on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)
> >
> > # disable wlan0 LED blinking
> > echo phy0assoc > `find /sys/devices/ -name iwl-phy0::assoc`/trigger
> > &>/dev/null
> >
> > # from http://my.opera.com/xliot/blog/
> > if ! test -p /lib/splash/cache/.splash; then
> > rm /lib/splash/cache/.splash &>/dev/null
> > mkfifo /lib/splash/cache/.splash
> > fi
>



-- 
Sincerely,
Yuliang Wang

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Re: how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Yuliang Wang wrote:
> Isn't there a way for emacs to automatically detect file types, other 
> than add comment in each file or add items in .emacs one by one?

Not really, unless each file has the same syntax (see below).

> Vim 
> auto detects .inputrc, but emacs doesn't.   Vim doesn't auto detect 
> .xinitrc, but emacs does.  Funny.

That's just because they have special statements to recognize those file names
in their source code that someone contributed.

...
>     2. Configure the variable auto-mode-alist. For example, you could do
>     this
>       (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inputrc\\'" . conf-mode))

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("/\\..*rc\\'" . conf-mode))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Yuliang Wang <jadelightking@gmail.com> writes:

> Isn't there a way for emacs to automatically detect file types, other than add comment
> in each file or add items in .emacs one by one?  Vim auto detects .inputrc, but emacs
> doesn't.   Vim doesn't auto detect .xinitrc, but emacs does.  Funny.
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>     xiaweitang <jadelightking@gmail.com> writes:
>    
>     > My emacs does syntax highlighting for C++, latex files, and also .Xdefaults,
>     > .xinitrc and so on. However, it doesn't do for other files like .inputrc and
>     > /etc/conf.d/local.start.
>    
>     Syntax highlighting is determined by what "major mode" emacs chooses
>     when it visits the file. For shell scripts starting with an interpreter
>     declaration like #!/bin/bash, emacs knows which major mode to use. For
>     random configuration files that are in no particular language, you might
>     want to use conf-mode.
>    
>     To tell emacs what mode you want it to use for a particular file, you
>     could do either of the following:
>    
>     1. Place a special comment in the file telling emacs what major mode to use.
>       See the emacs manual:
>       http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/
>     Specifying-File-Variables.html#Specifying-File-Variables
>    
>       or use info (place cursor after last parenthesis and press C-x C-e):
>       (info "Emacs(Specifying File Variables)")
>    
>     2. Configure the variable auto-mode-alist. For example, you could do this
>       (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inputrc\\'" . conf-mode))
>    
>     Dan
>    
>     > My local.start file :
>     >
>     > # This is a good place to load any misc programs
>     > # on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)
>     >
>     > # disable wlan0 LED blinking
>     > echo phy0assoc > `find /sys/devices/ -name iwl-phy0::assoc`/trigger
>     > &>/dev/null
>     >
>     > # from http://my.opera.com/xliot/blog/
>     > if ! test -p /lib/splash/cache/.splash; then
>     > rm /lib/splash/cache/.splash &>/dev/null
>     > mkfifo /lib/splash/cache/.splash
>     > fi

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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And another reason why you should not top-post, is that avoiding it, you
would be more tempted to read the message and therefore get the answer
to your question before you send it.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__

Re: how to enable syntax highlighting for some shell script files?

[Tim X]

Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

> xiaweitang <jadelightking@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> My emacs does syntax highlighting for C++, latex files, and also .Xdefaults,
>> .xinitrc and so on. However, it doesn't do for other files like .inputrc and
>> /etc/conf.d/local.start.
>
> Syntax highlighting is determined by what "major mode" emacs chooses
> when it visits the file. For shell scripts starting with an interpreter
> declaration like #!/bin/bash, emacs knows which major mode to use. For
> random configuration files that are in no particular language, you might
> want to use conf-mode.
>
> To tell emacs what mode you want it to use for a particular file, you
> could do either of the following:
>
> 1. Place a special comment in the file telling emacs what major mode to use.
>    See the emacs manual:
>    http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html#Specifying-File-Variables
>
>    or use info (place cursor after last parenthesis and press C-x C-e):
>    (info "Emacs(Specifying File Variables)")
>
> 2. Configure the variable auto-mode-alist. For example, you could do this
>    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inputrc\\'" . conf-mode))
>
> Dan
>
>> My local.start file :
>>
>> # This is a good place to load any misc programs
>> # on startup (use &>/dev/null to hide output)
>>
>> # disable wlan0 LED blinking
>> echo phy0assoc > `find /sys/devices/ -name iwl-phy0::assoc`/trigger
>> &>/dev/null
>>
>> # from http://my.opera.com/xliot/blog/
>> if ! test -p /lib/splash/cache/.splash; then
>> rm /lib/splash/cache/.splash &>/dev/null
>> mkfifo /lib/splash/cache/.splash
>> fi
>
In addition to what Dan wrote, there is also generic and generic-x
modes. These modes are, as the anme would suggest generic font locking
modes. They will add basic font locking to a number of common
configuration style files.  I have the following in my .emacs file

(require 'generic)
(require 'generic-x)

Tim

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