bug#19342: auto-fill scan-error in sh-mode

[Stefan Monnier]

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2021-08-30 02:44:59] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> Well, there's no problem in the syntax, is there?  The user is just
>>> typing a long string, which is pretty normal behaviour...
>>
>> There's an error in the syntax because the string is not closed.
>
> It rather sounds like you're saying it would be fine if Emacs started
> signalling errors immediately after a user has typed a " character --
> which I don't think you are.  So I'm not sure why you're fine with Emacs
> issuing an error after the user has typed a " character and then some
> more characters.

It's not issuing an error.  It's emitting a message, the purpose
of which is to warn the user that the behavior was affected by
that problem.


        Stefan