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* Is it wrong for a minor-mode to modify major-mode settings.
@ 2016-04-15  4:14 Mohammed Sadik P. K.
  2016-04-15 12:10 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mohammed Sadik P. K. @ 2016-04-15  4:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

Is it wrong (or against convention) if a minor-mode changes major-mode
configurations:

specifically: I need to have a minor mode run only for c-mode, which
deletes some keywords in c-mode and introduces several new keywords.
Also, this minor mode shall change a few syntax rules. Is it better to
create a derived mode for this?

Please CC me as I'm not on the list.

Thank you.



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* Re: Is it wrong for a minor-mode to modify major-mode settings.
  2016-04-15  4:14 Is it wrong for a minor-mode to modify major-mode settings Mohammed Sadik P. K.
@ 2016-04-15 12:10 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2016-04-15 12:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

> Is it wrong (or against convention) if a minor-mode changes major-mode
> configurations:

It's definitely not wrong.  It's maybe somewhat unusual but not against
convention either.

> specifically: I need to have a minor mode run only for c-mode, which
> deletes some keywords in c-mode and introduces several new keywords.
> Also, this minor mode shall change a few syntax rules.  Is it better to
> create a derived mode for this?

You might be better off with a derived mode, indeed.  But it all depends
on the particular case.


        Stefan




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