(sh-mode): When setting syntax

table, default to the standard one.

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
index 44d70931f66f6e7601b6df32e6a102b87be5f198..622e63512d0dfe5b3324732cab07a1fe4ab14765 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
@@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ with your script for an edit-interpret-debug cycle."
       (progn
         ;; If we don't know the shell for this file, set the syntax
         ;; table anyway, for the user's normal choice of shell.
-        (set-syntax-table (sh-feature sh-mode-syntax-table))
+       (set-syntax-table (or (sh-feature sh-mode-syntax-table)
+                             (standard-syntax-table)))
         ;; And avoid indent-new-comment-line (at least) losing.
         (setq comment-start-skip "#+[\t ]*"))))
   (run-hooks 'sh-mode-hook))