From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Removing unloaded functions from auto-mode-alist. Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:58:41 +0200 Message-ID: <85pswp9hsu.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87zmvu6ba2.fsf@xs4all.nl> <85ll7e68ei.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854qe2ihhi.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87d5spxzml.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <85k6mxe686.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114038876 17310 80.91.229.2 (20 Apr 2005 23:14:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:14:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl, rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 21 01:14:33 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOOOX-0005Vv-QA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:14:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOOT9-0002fj-21 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:18:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DOOCP-0003by-VL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:01:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DOOCN-0003ak-I0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:01:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DOOCM-0003Z2-PQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:01:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [151.189.21.41] (helo=mail-in-01.arcor-online.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1DOOCM-0002mk-Qd; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:01:35 -0400 Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (i53879BBD.versanet.de [83.135.155.189]) by mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289C91CA2D; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:57:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 208AE1C1E222; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:58:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Andreas Schwab In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:47:18 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36210 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36210 Andreas Schwab writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> Even if at one time before 1990 it might have been the case that >> the mode was not merely aliased, I doubt that pre-1990 >> compatibility is a major concern nowadays. > > But you can't claim that AUCTeX is "owning" the names either, since > they are clearly older. I didn't claim any such thing. I just pointed out that the only conceivable effect of the aliases in our times is to cause trouble and confusion. If people need a historic excuse for blaming the bad effects of their current decisions on somebody else, this is fine with me. Have fun. Can we find something less ridiculous and irrelevant for the purpose of bashing our heads in? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum