From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Using `buffer-face-mode' by default in major modes -- how customary? Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:01:45 +0800 Message-ID: <87mx6gktd2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878vi0i4zd.fsf@altern.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334300528 12590 80.91.229.3 (13 Apr 2012 07:02:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bastien Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 13 09:02:05 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SIaWD-0004kF-BP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:02:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35395 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SIaWC-0006Vd-Qn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:02:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SIaW5-0006VA-Jo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:02:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SIaW0-0000Xd-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:01:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:36690) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SIaW0-0000XZ-PK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:01:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [155.69.18.242] (port=56451 helo=ulysses) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SIaVz-0005wP-BC; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:01:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <878vi0i4zd.fsf@altern.org> (Bastien's message of "Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:17:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149625 Archived-At: Bastien writes: > Org-mode uses `buffer-face-mode' by default. > > Some users are surprised to see the "BufMode" string in their > modeline. Is it customary for major modes to invoke > `buffer-face-mode'? Good or bad or neutral practice? I'd say it's obnoxious. If the user has specified a face that is good for displaying default text, major modes should not muck with it.