GNU bug report logs - #38361
GNUmakefile mode: fooled by stuff after single letter variables

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:33:34 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 41136

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: GNUmakefile mode: fooled by stuff after single letter variables
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:13:47 +0800

$ cat makefile
g:
	v.build.polylines input=$Q output=$Q1
$ emacs makefile
Both "$Q"s should look the same.
Just because we put a 1 after the last shouldn't affect it.
The 1 should be a different color than the Q.
If we really wanted to, we would have used $(Q1).
(Here we mean $(Q)1.)
emacs-version "26.3"
Merged 38361 41136. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 09 May 2020 00:11:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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