Am 05.05.22 um 18:17 schrieb Eli Zaretskii: >> Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 13:02:37 +0200 >> From: Andreas Röhler >> >> A fundamental mode should be as fundamental as possible, stripped by all fanciness. > "Fanciness" is in the eyes of the beholder. It is clear that you > don't like electric-indent-mode, Hi Eli, that's not true. In fact, I use electric-indentation all over the day. Just don't want it in environments, where it's not appropriate. It's easier to switch on stuff than looking how to switch things off. > but that doesn't mean your opinion > represents that of the majority. Majority is no measure for correctness.  Requiring it, would put religion at the place of science. > We decided to turn that mode ON by > default because quite a few people had other expectations. > > Fundamental mode is just a mode. That's bad. Need a reliable basement to build upon. Kind of an empty sheet. > Richard even says that it is an > important mode. Then it follows that assuming it has no "fanciness" > whatsoever isn't necessarily correct.