Re: Emacs makefile mode - Commented text turns tab pink

Heime <[email protected]> writes:

>> > I made a makefile with some comments. In Emacs the tab of the
>> > comment turns pink.  An I doing something wrong?
>> >
>> > $(trgdir)/antares.info: $(srcdir)/antares.texi
>> > 	## Make any missing parent directories
>> > 	mkdir -p $(trgdir)
>> > 	$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) -o $@ $<
>> 
>> make-mode.el says:
>> 
>> 	    ;; Highlight shell comments that Make treats as commands,
>> 	    ;; since these can fool people.
>> 	    ("^\t+#" 0 makefile-space t)
>> 
>
> Make treats the comment "## Make any missing parent directories"
> as a command?
>

‘make-mode’ is giving you a warning.  See (info "(make) Recipe Syntax")

   * A comment in a recipe is not a 'make' comment; it will be passed to
     the shell as-is.  Whether the shell treats it as a comment or not
     depends on your shell.

If you want to get rid of the warning (which is a good idea
so that you do not get too many and fail to see important
ones), then you should move it to the end of a shell command
or outside of the rule definition:

1.
   $(trgdir)/antares.info: $(srcdir)/antares.texi
   	mkdir -p $(trgdir) 	# Make any missing parent directories
   	$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) -o $@ $<

2.
   # Make any missing parent directories
   $(trgdir)/antares.info: $(srcdir)/antares.texi
   	mkdir -p $(trgdir)
   	$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) -o $@ $<

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