> It appears that KDevelop's "makefile" editing mode doesn't properly > handle backslash continuations.
This tool might still have got few open issues around improved handling of the make file syntax. But I find that its visual feedback was appropriate for parentheses pairs at least. >> Do you read the shown rule example eventually in the way that its recipe >> does not end with "…_NOTIFICATION8)'))"? > > The _RULE_ does end with it, because the rule includes all the recipe > lines that appear after the target. Thanks for your acknowledgement. > But variable/function invocations cannot span different lines of a recipe. > They all must be contained within the same logical line, as I mentioned > before. My knowledge was incomplete on this detail. I did not get the information from the description (in the manual) for the used conditional function that it does not support the inclusion of several logical lines so far. I am sorry if did not pay enough attention on this aspect. >> I find that a backslash would not be needed at this place if would like to >> keep the "RM command" on a separate logical line. > > It is definitely needed. As I've said, it is not possible for a single > variable or function reference to span multiple logical lines. Are there any chances to lift this restriction for make functions? > If you want to do this you have to use define/endef to create a variable > that contains newlines, then use the variable in the recipe; > see example below. I hoped somehow that another level of data indirection could be avoided. > I'm really not at all sure why you're using $(info ...) here... The error message looked "a bit nicer" than a complaint on a shorter "if". > it won't actually do anything if you do that. It prints the generated recipe at least after the addition of the backslash you recommended, doesn't it? It seems that I had just another inappropriate expectation for the handling of a line continuation here. I thank you very much for this quick clarification. Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
