runtime(sh): consider sh as POSIX shell by default
Also, do not set g:is_kornshell when g:is_posix is set. BSD shells are
POSIX but many are derived from the ash shell.
closes: #16939
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Akram <mohd.akram@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index a44b6f6..fe6865e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*syntax.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 15
+*syntax.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 21
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -3512,25 +3512,25 @@
/bin/sh /bin/ksh /bin/bash). If the first line specifies a shelltype, then
that shelltype is used. However some files (ex. .profile) are known to be
shell files but the type is not apparent. Furthermore, on many systems sh is
-symbolically linked to "bash" (Linux, Windows+cygwin) or "ksh" (Posix).
+symbolically linked to "bash" (Linux, Windows+cygwin) or "ksh" (POSIX).
One may specify a global default by instantiating one of the following
variables in your <.vimrc>:
ksh: >
let g:is_kornshell = 1
-< posix: (using this is nearly the same as setting g:is_kornshell to 1) >
+< posix: (default) >
let g:is_posix = 1
< bash: >
let g:is_bash = 1
-< sh: (default) Bourne shell >
+< dash: >
+ let g:is_dash = 1
+< sh: Bourne shell >
let g:is_sh = 1
-< (dash users should use posix)
-
If there's no "#! ..." line, and the user hasn't availed himself/herself of a
default sh.vim syntax setting as just shown, then syntax/sh.vim will assume
-the Bourne shell syntax. No need to quote RFCs or market penetration
+the POSIX shell syntax. No need to quote RFCs or market penetration
statistics in error reports, please -- just select the default version of the
sh your system uses and install the associated "let..." in your <.vimrc>.
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
index 67268cd..37d1c0a 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
" 2024 Nov 03 by Aliaksei Budavei <0x000c70 AT gmail DOT com> (improved bracket expressions, #15941)
" 2025 Jan 06 add $PS0 to bashSpecialVariables (#16394)
" 2025 Jan 18 add bash coproc, remove duplicate syn keywords (#16467)
+" 2025 Mar 21 update shell capability detection (#16939)
" Version: 208
" Former URL: http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#SYNTAX_SH
" For options and settings, please use: :help ft-sh-syntax
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@
finish
endif
+" Ensure this is set unless we find another shell
+let b:is_sh = 1
+
" If the shell script itself specifies which shell to use, use it
if getline(1) =~ '\<ksh\>'
let b:is_kornshell = 1
@@ -24,55 +28,45 @@
let b:is_bash = 1
elseif getline(1) =~ '\<dash\>'
let b:is_dash = 1
-elseif !exists("g:is_kornshell") && !exists("g:is_bash") && !exists("g:is_posix") && !exists("g:is_sh") && !exists("g:is_dash")
- " user did not specify which shell to use, and
- " the script itself does not specify which shell to use. FYI: /bin/sh is ambiguous.
- " Assuming /bin/sh is executable, and if its a link, find out what it links to.
- let s:shell = ""
- if executable("/bin/sh")
- let s:shell = resolve("/bin/sh")
- elseif executable("/usr/bin/sh")
- let s:shell = resolve("/usr/bin/sh")
- endif
- if s:shell =~ '\<ksh\>'
- let b:is_kornshell= 1
- elseif s:shell =~ '\<bash\>'
- let b:is_bash = 1
- elseif s:shell =~ '\<dash\>'
- let b:is_dash = 1
- endif
- unlet s:shell
-endif
-
" handling /bin/sh with is_kornshell/is_sh {{{1
" b:is_sh will be set when "#! /bin/sh" is found;
" However, it often is just a masquerade by bash (typically Linux)
" or kornshell (typically workstations with Posix "sh").
-" So, when the user sets "g:is_bash", "g:is_kornshell",
-" or "g:is_posix", a b:is_sh is converted into b:is_bash/b:is_kornshell,
-" respectively.
-if !exists("b:is_kornshell") && !exists("b:is_bash") && !exists("b:is_dash")
- if exists("g:is_posix") && !exists("g:is_kornshell")
- let g:is_kornshell= g:is_posix
+" So, when the user sets "g:is_kornshell", "g:is_bash",
+" "g:is_posix" or "g:is_dash", a b:is_sh is converted into
+" b:is_kornshell/b:is_bash/b:is_posix/b:is_dash, respectively.
+elseif !exists("b:is_kornshell") && !exists("b:is_bash") && !exists("b:is_posix") && !exists("b:is_dash")
+ if exists("g:is_kornshell")
+ let b:is_kornshell= 1
+ elseif exists("g:is_bash")
+ let b:is_bash= 1
+ elseif exists("g:is_dash")
+ let b:is_dash= 1
+ elseif exists("g:is_posix")
+ let b:is_posix= 1
+ elseif exists("g:is_sh")
+ let b:is_sh= 1
+ else
+ " user did not specify which shell to use, and
+ " the script itself does not specify which shell to use. FYI: /bin/sh is ambiguous.
+ " Assuming /bin/sh is executable, and if its a link, find out what it links to.
+ let s:shell = ""
+ if executable("/bin/sh")
+ let s:shell = resolve("/bin/sh")
+ elseif executable("/usr/bin/sh")
+ let s:shell = resolve("/usr/bin/sh")
endif
- if exists("g:is_kornshell")
- let b:is_kornshell= 1
- if exists("b:is_sh")
- unlet b:is_sh
- endif
- elseif exists("g:is_bash")
- let b:is_bash= 1
- if exists("b:is_sh")
- unlet b:is_sh
- endif
- elseif exists("g:is_dash")
- let b:is_dash= 1
- if exists("b:is_sh")
- unlet b:is_sh
- endif
+ if s:shell =~ '\<ksh\>'
+ let b:is_kornshell= 1
+ elseif s:shell =~ '\<bash\>'
+ let b:is_bash = 1
+ elseif s:shell =~ '\<dash\>'
+ let b:is_dash = 1
else
- let b:is_sh= 1
+ let b:is_posix = 1
endif
+ unlet s:shell
+ endif
endif
" if b:is_dash, set b:is_posix too
@@ -80,6 +74,12 @@
let b:is_posix= 1
endif
+if exists("b:is_kornshell") || exists("b:is_bash")
+ if exists("b:is_sh")
+ unlet b:is_sh
+ endif
+endif
+
" set up default g:sh_fold_enabled {{{1
" ================================
if !exists("g:sh_fold_enabled")