GNU bug report logs - #18379
24.3.93; Bash font lock: pretty inconsistent treatment of `` and $()

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 14:19:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.93

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 18379 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>
Cc: occitan <at> esperanto.org, 18379 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18379: 24.3.93;
 Bash font lock: pretty inconsistent treatment of `` and $()
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:03:32 +0200

Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The syntax table treats ` as an string quote character, so
>
> `if [[ $x == x ]]; then echo x; else echo y fi`
>
> $(if [[ $x == x ]]; then echo x; else echo y fi)
>
> are highlighted in a very different way although they are semantically
> equivalent.

They have different quoting rules, with `...` using rules similar to
double quotes, whereas $(...) is a fully nesting construct.

Andreas.

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