GNU bug report logs - #77746
[PATCH] sh-mode: Fix incorrect word syntax for punctuation in sh-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: James Cherti <contact <at> jamescherti.com>

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #89 received at 77746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: James Cherti <contact <at> jamescherti.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 77746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#77746: [PATCH] sh-mode: Fix incorrect word syntax for
 punctuation in sh-mode
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:46:25 -0400

> (The core issue is inaccurate symbol detection. This patch
> improves it by excluding characters that should not be
> considered part of a valid variable name.)

Notice how you jumped from "symbol" to "variable".
I don't know of any reason why we should presume that "variables" are
the only symbols of interest.


        Stefan
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