Subject: bug#55764: 29.0.50; sh-mode: Support mksh's alternate case brace syntax

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:24:34 -0800

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>> To no one's surprise, the patch is not the right approach.  IIUC, when I
>> use braces, *pattern) thingies are not recognised as "case-)" anymore so
>> sh-indent-for-case-label does not get applied.  I tried a bit more but I
>> only got it to respect the first line but still it is definitely not the
>> right approach,
>
> The first part of the puzzle is to fix the syntax-category of the `)` so
> it's recognized as a "case-)" rather than a normal ("matched") paren.
>
> The patch below seems to do the trick.

If you think it looks good, then please install.  Nothing stood out
when I read it over, FWIW.

>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
> diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
> index cc521cb0591..b34be83367a 100644
> --- a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
> +++ b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
> @@ -1053,7 +1053,8 @@ sh-font-lock-paren
>                      ;; a normal command rather than the real `in' keyword.
>                      ;; I.e. we should look back to try and find the
>                      ;; corresponding `case'.
> -                    (and (looking-at ";\\(?:;&?\\|[&|]\\)\\|\\_<in")
> +                    ;; Also recognize OpenBSD's case X { ... } (bug#55764).
> +                    (and (looking-at ";\\(?:;&?\\|[&|]\\)\\|\\_<in\\|.{")
>                           ;; ";; esac )" is a case that looks
>                           ;; like a case-pattern but it's really just a close
>                           ;; paren after a case statement.  I.e. if we skipped
> @@ -2053,9 +2054,9 @@ sh-smie-sh-rules
>                               (sh-var-value 'sh-indent-for-case-label)))
>      (`(:before . ,(or "(" "{" "[" "while" "if" "for" "case"))
>       (cond
> -      ((and (equal token "{") (smie-rule-parent-p "for"))
> +      ((and (equal token "{") (smie-rule-parent-p "for" "case"))
>         (let ((data (smie-backward-sexp "in")))
> -         (when (equal (nth 2 data) "for")
> +         (when (member (nth 2 data) '("for" "case"))
>             `(column . ,(smie-indent-virtual)))))
>        ((not (smie-rule-prev-p "&&" "||" "|"))
>         (when (smie-rule-hanging-p)
> diff --git a/test/manual/indent/shell.sh b/test/manual/indent/shell.sh
> index 5b3fb0e66fb..42a981d312e 100755
> --- a/test/manual/indent/shell.sh
> +++ b/test/manual/indent/shell.sh
> @@ -189,3 +189,10 @@ bar ()
>
>      fi
>  }
> +
> +case $i {                       # Bug#55764
> +    *pattern)
> +        (cd .; echo hi);
> +        do1 ;;
> +    *pattern2) do2 ;;
> +}