From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.50; `mode-name' variable docs out of date WRT features Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:38 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20071230191250.1839.qmail@priss.frightenedpiglet.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199112174 19363 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2007 14:42:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: , monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 31 15:43:08 2007 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 1J9Lr9-0000J9-4I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:43:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Lqn-0005Vc-4G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Lqi-0005Uu-NM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Lqi-0005Ua-5A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9Lqi-0005UX-19 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:40 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9Lqh-0001Kx-T8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9Lqg-0007Ni-63; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:38 -0500 In-reply-to: <20071230191250.1839.qmail@priss.frightenedpiglet.com> (sand@priss.frightenedpiglet.com) 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:85736 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20490 Archived-At: Recent Emacs snapshots have extended the `mode-name' variable, so that constructs such as '(sgml-xml-mode "XML" "SGML") We never discussed the question of using this variable that way. I think someone just noticed that this value works -- in the mode line, at least -- and started using it. 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. I think that the change in sgml-mode.el needs to be backed out. Stefan, could you redo that differently, then ack?