Re: (case x in y)z;;easc) indentation

[Stefan Monnier]

> #!/bin/sh
> (
>     case $x in
>       y)echo z;;
>     esac
>     )      ##starting here we see shell-script mode has been seduced by
>     mv a b ##voluptuous curves of the above "y)". The one-second duration
> ##matching parens flasher gets it right, but not the TAB indenter.

Oops, indeed.  Damn /bin/sh!  This is difficult to fix.  In the meantime,
you can use "esac;".

> Also, putting an extra "in" here:
>       y)echo z in;;
> glows blue just like it was the real "in" at the start of the case.

Yes, put it inside quotes.  Otherwise code such as

     echo $z in
     ps | head
     )

will also get the ) incorrectly marked as belonging to a case-pattern
(because the algorithm only looks back until the `in' not until the `case').

Again, this is difficult to fix.

> Also, need a space if want to get these brackets nice:

> {
>     a
>     }>b

> {
>     a
> } >b

This one should be easier to fix.

In any case, please don't wait for me to fix those bugs.  I may get around
to do it eventually, but that can be pretty damn far in the future.


        Stefan