GNU bug report logs - #9110
how to map sh-mode to mean bash-mode

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Message #10 received at 9110-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 9110-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9110: how to map sh-mode to mean bash-mode
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:02:26 -0400

jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:

> As you know, the bash shell likes to call itself sh sometimes.
> But it is really still bash.

No, it isn't.

> Hence I would like to make my emacs assume anything it thinks is sh is
> really bash, and thus show me "bash" in the mode line, not "sh", no
> matter how smart it thinks it is.

(add-hook 'sh-mode-hook
          '(lambda () (and buffer-file-name
                           (string-match "\\.sh\\'" buffer-file-name)
                           (sh-set-shell "bash"))))

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