Re: shell-script goofy indentation

[Jari Aalto]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

| rms> I tried it, and the indentation did not change.  Is that a bug?
| 
| Well shouldn't the then and the else be at the same indentation?
| 
| Wait, more challenges, hit TAB on each line (which shouldn't change
| anything, as I have already hit TAB there)
| if a
|     then b
| elif c
|     then g
| fi

I think the sh-mode is programmed to expect constructs like this:

    if a ; then
        b
    elif c ; then
        g
    fi

Or like this for longish "a" and "c" conditions:

    if a
    then
        b
    elif c
    then
        g
    fi

Jari