From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-start-mode-alist Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:03:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179137060 19668 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2007 10:04:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:04:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 14 12:04:17 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 1HnXPW-000505-7C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 12:04:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HnXXF-0003io-MK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 06:12:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HnXXA-0003ij-7D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 06:12:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HnXX9-0003iX-0T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 06:12:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HnXX8-0003iU-Ld for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 06:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HnXPN-0004BY-P7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 06:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id AEF26A50030; Mon, 14 May 2007 12:03:55 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu\, 10 May 2007 15\:09\:25 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:71016 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > Is it OK to change the name of this var to `magic-default-mode-alist'? > I think `file-start' is a bad choice because it makes the relation to > magic-mode-alist non-obvious, and it incorrectly implies that only the start > of the file is used, even though the match-function might very well use the > end of the file (or any other part, as a matter of fact) instead. FWIW, I agree. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk