Re: shell-script indentation bug

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> with cursor at the end of the line as shown below
>
>> if [ $# == 0 ]; then
>> ____________________|______
>
>
>> C-j should indent.
>
> Well, I'd agree, but it's done on purpose: C-j is bound to
> sh-newline-and-indent whose docstring says:
>
>   Strip unquoted whitespace, insert newline, and indent like current line.
>
> Please can someone investigate which this binding was added (what was
> it trying to fix), and then make it DTRT?

It is present in the original version of sh-script.el, 13 years ago.

I think this binding should simply be removed, and the default
(newline-and-indent) used instead.