Re: Appending to file.patterns.bash

That is what I ended up doing. I find the restriction confusing since what 
I was trying to do was nothing more than using "variable=value" with value 
containing the value of another variable - as stated in the docs. My 
original title is probably misstated since all I was really trying to do is 
concatenate a value onto the value of a variable and then set that variable 
to the new value.

On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-5 Neil Hodgson wrote:

> ed.adasiewicz:
>
> > I am trying to add .bashrc and .bash_profile to file.patterns.bash. So 
> within my User Options File I add 
> file.patterns.bash=$(file.patterns.bash);.bashrc;.bash_profile, This 
> results in only .bashrc and .bash_profile being colorized - i.e. abc.sh is 
> no longer colorized. Am I doing something wrong? 
>
> It is not possible to append to a variable as variables are evaluated when 
> read to allow modifying in more-specific (directory or local) properties 
> files. The value becomes recursive so the recursive reference is treated as 
> empty. So equivalent to file.patterns.bash=;.bashrc;.bash_profile
>
> Replace this with
>
> file.patterns.bash=*.sh;*.bsh;configure;*.ksh;.bashrc;.bash_profile
>
> It may be possible to add support for appending to variables, possibly 
> with an explicit syntax if someone wants to develop an implementation.
>
> Neil
>
>

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