Re: Syntax of "-" in shell-mode

[Dima Kogan <lists@dima.secretsauce.net>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> If the problem is with transpose-words, then a possible solution might
> be a new shell-transpose-words command, which is smart enough to DTRT
> in these cases, at least as a user option? Would you like to propose
> such an addition to sh-script.el?

Now that I lived with this setting for a day, I don't think it's just
(transpose-words): "-" being a word character feels like the right thing
for shell commands. With that setting, the behavior of (forward-word)
and (backward-word) is much more pleasing as well. Arguments like a
standalone -- or - are treated like separate words, which is "right". If
you use shell-mode, try it:

  (modify-syntax-entry ?- "w")