From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: sh-script mode does not understand printf Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:12:14 +0000 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <93smkupvn5.fsf@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk> References: <3FAF6698.5000301@Nols.de> <3FAFB84C.5060101@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068578463 22058 80.91.224.253 (11 Nov 2003 19:21:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:21:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 20:21:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJe4S-0001IW-00 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:21:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJeuJ-0001gq-U7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:14:35 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJeuH-0001gf-MW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:14:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJetl-0001bp-K4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:14:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.111.8.12] (helo=gold.csi.cam.ac.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJetk-0001bO-D4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:14:00 -0500 Original-Received: from cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.69.186]) by gold.csi.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AJdvz-00024n-TV; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:12:15 +0000 Original-Received: from xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (IDENT:IqAsw2Id95kBtN6Z3sMxBftSN6jh8ucG@xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk [131.111.69.235]) by cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hABJCFaI021478; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:12:15 GMT Original-Received: from xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (IDENT:2Yq/cxCAQAkaUXpSPLntOCIZzc+1uW4w@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk [131.111.69.34]) by xserv1.ast.cam.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hABJCEp02019; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:12:15 GMT Original-To: Kevin Rodgers X-Spook: illuminati Hizb-ul-Mujahideen U-235 Alliance of Eritrean X-Attribution: GM Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Rodgers , bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <3FAFB84C.5060101@yahoo.com> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:09:48 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6124 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6124 Kevin Rodgers wrote: > # /bin/ksh88 -c "type printf" > > printf is /usr/bin/printf > # /bin/ksh93 -c "type printf" > printf is a shell builtin That's an awkward one, because (AFAICS) sh-script.el doesn't know anything about ksh93. "ksh" is assumed to be ksh88. Do you think ksh88 and ksh93 differ significantly enough for it to be worth adding code for ksh93 to sh-script? Is "ksh" these days more likely to be ksh88 or ksh93?