in parse_syntax(), don't generate an error if we find a duplicate syntax

name, since we might be trying to override a syntax in the global nanorc
with one in our local nanorc; instead, free any duplicate syntaxes we
find, so that we always use the last syntax with a given name


git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@3382 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8

ChangeLog

@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ CVS code -
   parse_syntax()
 	- Properly generate an error if we've read in a previous syntax
 	  without any associated color commands. (DLR)
+	- Don't generate an error if we find a duplicate syntax name,
+	  since we might be trying to override a syntax in the global
+	  nanorc with one in our local nanorc.  Instead, free any
+	  duplicate syntaxes we find, so that we always use the last
+	  syntax with a given name. (DLR)
   parse_colors()
 	- Check for a color command's not following a syntax line before
 	  anything else. (DLR)

src/rcfile.c

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ bool nregcomp(const char *regex, int eflags)
 void parse_syntax(char *ptr)
 {
     const char *fileregptr = NULL, *nameptr = NULL;
-    const syntaxtype *tmpsyntax;
+    syntaxtype *tmpsyntax;
     exttype *endext = NULL;
 	/* The end of the extensions list for this syntax. */
 
@@ -306,11 +306,16 @@ void parse_syntax(char *ptr)
     if (ptr == NULL)
 	return;
 
+    /* Search for a duplicate syntax name.  If we find one, free it, so
+     * that we always use the last syntax with a given name. */
     for (tmpsyntax = syntaxes; tmpsyntax != NULL;
 	tmpsyntax = tmpsyntax->next) {
 	if (strcmp(nameptr, tmpsyntax->desc) == 0) {
-	    rcfile_error(N_("Duplicate syntax name %s"), nameptr);
+	    syntaxtype *prev_syntax = tmpsyntax;
-	    return;
+
+	    tmpsyntax = tmpsyntax->next;
+	    free(prev_syntax);
+	    break;
 	}
     }