From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl, rms@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Removing unloaded functions from auto-mode-alist.
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:47:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jewtqxcbgp.fsf@sykes.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85k6mxe686.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:57:29 +0200")
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
> "Is using" is an exaggeration. I checked out version 1.1 (from 1990),
> and the only "uses" for it are the aliases. I doubt that this has ever
> been different (in spite of the following changelog entries), but if
> somebody has older versions around, he can check this for historical
> accuracy.
The old RCS history was once available on fencepost, but unfortunately I
can't find it any more. The text of the changelog suggests a different
use in former days.
> 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.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-20 22:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-19 15:23 Removing unloaded functions from auto-mode-alist Lute Kamstra
2005-04-19 16:25 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-19 17:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-19 21:28 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-19 21:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-19 22:33 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 18:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-24 20:24 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-24 20:50 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-24 21:51 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-24 22:00 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-24 23:37 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-25 0:07 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-26 10:04 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-20 19:22 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-19 23:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-19 23:14 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-19 23:24 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 18:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-20 19:00 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 19:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-20 19:50 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 19:29 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-20 14:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-20 15:59 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-21 15:30 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-21 16:35 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-22 20:51 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-23 21:00 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-23 22:10 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-24 20:21 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-24 20:32 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-24 20:52 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-25 16:05 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-23 22:24 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-20 14:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-20 15:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-20 15:57 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 18:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-20 19:19 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 20:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-20 20:25 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 20:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-20 21:33 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 16:25 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-04-20 16:57 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-20 22:47 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2005-04-20 22:58 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-21 9:56 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-04-21 10:12 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-21 11:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-04-21 19:56 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-21 20:13 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-23 16:15 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-23 16:23 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-23 16:15 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-21 11:41 ` Johan Vromans
2005-04-20 15:43 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-21 15:30 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-21 17:46 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-23 16:15 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-19 22:00 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-19 23:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-04-19 23:33 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-19 21:05 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-20 14:57 ` Richard Stallman
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