From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.50; `mode-name' variable docs out of date WRT features Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:06:12 +0900 Message-ID: <871w91vsd7.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <20071230191250.1839.qmail@priss.frightenedpiglet.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199243220 16512 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2008 03:07:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 03:07:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: sand@priss.frightenedpiglet.com, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 02 04:07:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J9twq-0001DB-RR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:07:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9twU-0006C5-Vq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9tw4-0005il-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9tw2-0005g4-Io for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9tw2-0005fr-E0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:26 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9tw2-0004by-6E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9tw1-0005Xr-UA for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9tvy-0004bS-Rk for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:25 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9tvy-0004bM-Ar; Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:06:22 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-100-219.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.100.219] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1J9tvq-0006Jm-3v; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:06:14 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 84B632FF7; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:06:12 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:55:45 -0500") Original-Lines: 17 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:85847 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20492 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > > But this value doesn't work everywhere. There are files (bookmark.el > > is one) that expect the value to be a string, as the manual says. > > > Stefan, could you redo that differently, then ack? > > No, it'd be a step backward. Er, but the documentation _does_ say: "Pretty name of current buffer's major mode (a string)." ... and presumably many coders have relied on that description... what should they do? -Miles -- We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde