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shell-mode: fails to recognize .bashrc files as shell scripts

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>, 17991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17991: shell-mode: fails to recognize .bashrc files as shell scripts
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:52:39 +0200

Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com> writes:

> My current workaround is to manually add (.\bashrc|\.profile).* to
> auto-mode-alist. I just wish this were the default pattern.

I don't consider this a workaround, but rather the correct way to handle
such personal preferences.

> ... is there another convention for naming multiple bash configs, per
> machine, that matches the existing patterns? I guess I could use ".
> bashrc.android.sh", ugly but functional.

Since the shell is a full programming language, there are no limits in
what people will do with the startup scripts.

Andreas.

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