GNU bug report logs - #46052
Colons fooling GNUmakefile mode

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 12:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, patch

Merged with 17400, 33681, 33900, 35299, 36245, 37934, 45037, 46221, 48052, 76759

Found in version 26.1

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 46052 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46052 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#46052: Colons fooling GNUmakefile mode
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:59:48 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I didn't say a _rule_ can start with a TAB, I said a rule's _line_
> could start with a TAB.  For example (indentation added for
> readability):
>
>   foo \
> 	  bar: baz

Thanks!  I suspected there could be cases I hadn't thought of; sorry to
have misunderstood your point.

FWIW, right now make-mode seems to fail to fontify your example
correctly, ironically: I'm not seeing any face applied to the target
("foo \\\n\tbar").
This bug report was last modified 73 days ago.

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