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Re: sh-script mode does not understand printf


From: Glenn Morris
Subject: Re: sh-script mode does not understand printf
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:12:14 +0000
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

Kevin Rodgers wrote:

> # /bin/ksh88 -c "type printf"
>
> printf is /usr/bin/printf
> # /bin/ksh93 -c "type printf"
> printf is a shell builtin

That's an awkward one, because (AFAICS) sh-script.el doesn't know
anything about ksh93. "ksh" is assumed to be ksh88. Do you think ksh88
and ksh93 differ significantly enough for it to be worth adding code
for ksh93 to sh-script? Is "ksh" these days more likely to be ksh88 or
ksh93?





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