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[PATCH] sh-mode: Fix incorrect word syntax for punctuation in sh-mode

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, 77746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, James Cherti <contact <at> jamescherti.com>
Subject: bug#77746: [PATCH] sh-mode: Fix incorrect word syntax for punctuation in sh-mode
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:44:48 +0200

On Apr 14 2025, Visuwesh wrote:

> [ஞாயிறு ஏப்ரல் 13, 2025] Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" wrote:
>
>>>> In sh and Bash, the characters !%^~:.,= and are not valid in variable or
>>>> function names.
>>
>> I'm not positive about all of them, but at least some of those can
>> appear in the names of commands.
>
> Not sure sh (and its million implementations) but bash definitely allows
> %.

Bash allows any WORD as a function name.

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