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sh-mode indentation of continued lines in case statements

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Message #6 received at 17621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17621: sh-mode indentation of continued lines in case
 statements
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 22:33:50 -0400

> In 24.3.91, it indents like:
> case $foo in
>     bar)
>         true && \
>         echo foo
>         ;;
> esac
> 1. Body of case branch not indented as far (this may an improvement).

Indeed, the old indentation you show seems like a bug, tho I can't
remember bumping into it.

> 2. Continued line not indented (this is a bug).

I agree that this is a surprising behavior (I'm friends with the
indentation code and I understand where he comes from, so by respect
for him I avoid the "b" word).

The same holds without the "\", by the way.


        Stefan

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