>> 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).
I decided the quote syntax for perl-mode, so I'm biased. But in any case
word-syntax for $ is wrong, just like it is wrong for _ or - or any other
non-alphabetic char. Strangely, tho, $ has word syntax in fundamental mode
(which is from where sh-script inherits it, oddly enough). Shouldn't it be
changed to quote syntax or symbol syntax (in fundamental-mode)?
In general, in Perl, $ plays many different roles and it should sometimes
have word/symbol/quote syntax, sometimes have escape syntax, perl-mode and
cperl-mode chose different defaults, and then tweak them on a case by case
basis with font-lock-syntactic-keywords.
Stefan
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