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In sh-script-mode, should the syntax of . and / be made symbol?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dario Gjorgjevski <dario.gjorgjevski <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 44592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44592: In sh-script-mode, should the syntax of . and / be made symbol?
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:44:17 +0100

Dario Gjorgjevski <dario.gjorgjevski <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Changing the syntax of . and / to symbol would make the entire
> relative-path/to/configure be considered the first sexp and therefore
> give the correct indentation show above.
>
> Moreover, one would then be able to use, e.g., kill-sexp to kill a full
> path as opposed to just one component.

I think that sounds like a too drastic change in how the mode works,
perhaps -- how the killing commands (etc) works gets into your muscle
memory.

> What do you think?  Alternatively, we could work on fixing only the
> SMIE-provided indentation and leave the syntax as it is.

I think that sounds like a better solution.

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