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From: dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm)
To: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How can i enable webmode?
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 14:47:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86tv0m3afm.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200511120325.GA16588@tuxteam.de> (tomas@tuxteam.de's message of "Mon, 11 May 2020 14:03:25 +0200")

<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:

> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 01:55:22PM +0200, H. Dieter Wilhelm wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Why would I download a package if I do not want to activate an
>> advertised feature?  So this uncommon way can save unnecessary hassle, I
>> hope.
>
> Sometimes (actually, webmode is a nice example) you as a user
> want to decide on a case-by-case basis which is the one you
> want to activate on a HTML file. Perhaps via a file variable?
> Perhaps manually? The installer just doesn't know.
>
> Perhaps you don't want Emacs to decide at all based on the
> file name, but on contents (I, for one, have this tendency).
> Then you'd be miffed that Emacs, all of a sudden, uses some
> mode on files named *.html.
>
> Mode decisions are far too "interesting" for a simple installer
> to take decisions for you :)

You are right, there must be customisation variables and the more
features the more options. :-)

-- 
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Zwingenberg, Germany



  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-11 12:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-10 10:02 How can i enable webmode? aprekates
2020-05-10 11:05 ` Jakub Jankiewicz
2020-05-10 14:40   ` aprekates
2020-05-10 15:35     ` 조성빈
     [not found] ` <CAMDYoXZKD6krOQXpX_4js16bn+MtS_imPBHHmLJ2qNEh0Z_toQ@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <008d9cd4-8d24-f19b-82ad-d5c1bf7a435f@posteo.net>
2020-05-10 15:43     ` Alexis Roda
2020-05-10 16:13       ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-10 16:42         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-11 11:55           ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-11 12:03             ` tomas
2020-05-11 12:47               ` H. Dieter Wilhelm [this message]
2020-05-11 15:02             ` Drew Adams
2020-05-11 16:05             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-11 17:22               ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-10 16:55         ` Dan Sommers
2020-05-11 12:03           ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-11 14:01             ` Dan Sommers
2020-05-11 16:09             ` Stefan Monnier

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