On 2010-05-06 19:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I would like to define an alias with some `-' characters into it, in my > .bashrc. For example, if `this-is-my-alias' is my alias, I would use > > == > alias 'this-is-my-alias'='some command to achieve' > == > > It simply does not work. Why?
Don't know -- it works for me in bash 4.1.5(1)-release. > I tried without `'' but emacs then stops > highlighting the word, which is no good sign. Syntax highlighting in Emacs' shell-script-mode leaves much to be desired, so this is not really a bad sign. Does it work if you leave out the apostrophes? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pr18ly1b....@turtle.gmx.de