GNU bug report logs - #7947
Does sh-script.el recognize new case grammar ;& and ;;& ?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: 7947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7947: Does sh-script.el recognize new case grammar ; & and ; ; & ?
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:15:36 +0800

>>>>> "SM" == Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
SM> a reference describing what it means

$ man bash|grep ';&'
              matches are attempted after the first pattern match.  Using ;& in place of ;; causes execution to continue
              with the list associated with the next set of patterns.  Using ;;& in place of ;; causes the shell to test
Also on Debian in /usr/share/doc/abs-guide/examples/case4.sh

All I know is indenting seems funny around them when using emacs'
sh-script.el .
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