(sh-mode-default-syntax-table): Set the

syntax of $ to "'" (quote).

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5a12dd84340..9ae919c98c4 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-11  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * progmodes/sh-script.el (sh-mode-default-syntax-table): Set the
+        syntax of $ to "'" (quote).
+
 2005-05-11  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
 
         * dnd.el (dnd-protocol-alist): Improve custom type.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
index 70172e22732..ae024e8111e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
@@ -414,6 +414,10 @@ This is buffer-local in every such buffer.")
         ?\" "\"\""
         ?\' "\"'"
         ?\` "\"`"
+        ;; ?$ might also have a ". p" syntax. Both "'" and ". p" seem
+        ;; to work fine. This is needed so that dabbrev-expand
+        ;; $VARNAME works.
+        ?$ "'"
         ?! "_"
         ?% "_"
         ?: "_"