On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:03:51 +0100, David Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in sh-mode: the $ in $test has syntax 2 = word in perl-mode > syntax 10 = character quote and in cperl-mode it's 9 = escape. > > I think it should at least be unique (I prefer the sh-mode > version as you can move the point across variables with M-f and > M-b).
Perl and sh are not identical in the way they treat the "$" in variable names -- indeed it seems that the current state of things is _backwards_: In sh, the $ is not really part of the name, so having emacs think it is can be quite annoying (the case that drives me nuts is that dynamic-abbrev won't complete `$FO' based on a previous `FOO_BAR=...'); this argues for giving the $ a non-word syntax. In perl, on the other hand, the $ is treated much more as if it's actually part of the variable name (e.g., you write `$foo = 3'), so giving the $ word syntax might the right thing to do for perl. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
