Starting from sh-mode rather than m4-mode, as done by http://user42.tuxfamily.org/sh-autoconf/index.html (which is not very sophisticated, but it could be a starting point), seems like it might be a good way to go. When I've had trouble editing autoconf scripts in emacs it was because m4-mode got confused by shell syntax. On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/13/2015 07:47 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote: >> Eric Blake writes: >>> On 02/13/2015 01:35 AM, Harlan Stenn wrote: >>>> Is there a good autoconf mode out there that will help me make sure >>>> the autoconf macros are "properly" indented? >>> >>> Not that I'm aware of, but if you find one, be sure to post a link to >>> it back here (the emacs file in the autoconf.git repository hasn't >>> been touched in ages, and might benefit from improvement if a better >>> module out there). >> >> How big a job would it be to write something that did this well? > > Not sure - I've never personally written an emacs mode. > >> >> Would this be a good GSoC project? > > Couldn't hurt to try. > > -- > Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Autoconf mailing list > Autoconf@xxxxxxx > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
