Re: Forcing a mode

[Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>]

In article <slrnefek3h.onm.oudeis@isis.thalatta>,
 Will Parsons <oudeis@nodomain.invalid> wrote:

> Phillip Lord wrote:
> > You can do this with file variables. Sticking
> >
> >
> > ;; -*- mode: tcl -*-  
> >
> > as the first line of the file should work. 
> 
> I've always used:
> 
>    #-*-tcl-*-
> 
> Is there any reason the longer form with "mode: " should be preferred?

Your version is the archaic syntax, which was used when the only thing 
you could configure in the mode line was the major mode.  It was later 
generalized to allow a number of options to be configured, so the 
<option>:<value> syntax was created, with the old -*-<mode>-*- retained 
for compatibility.

It should continue to be supported forever, so if you prefer it there's 
nothing really wrong with it.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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