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Re: mode for editing installscript
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John Russell |
Subject: |
Re: mode for editing installscript |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:33:11 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
John Russell <jorussel@cisco.com> writes:
> I have to edit InstallScript code which is the languange used by
> InstallShield.
> I would like to use emacs but I can't find a good mode for it. I use C-mode
> by default which does OK with some syntax highlighting but the indentation
> is all wrong because of the installscript language sturcture.
>
> e.g.
>
> function <functionname>()
> STRING st1
> NUMBER nr1
> BOOL b1
> begin
>
> if something then
> stuff
> endif;
>
> <other things>
> endif;
>
>
> Does anyone know of a mode that might be helpful here. Or at least, a
> way to disable the autoinending in C-mode so I can use syntax
> highlighting but use tabs a la text-mode. Thanks a lot.
>
Does anyone know of any other language that even has this kind syntax
which might work better than c-mode? Thanks.
John
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