From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Question about *.ml default in auto-mode-alist
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:31:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvh699at3q.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CADZEZBafO8Dx4qqAjE2AQ-=fsTX-iufdD2oK3_xW40wrRekqCQ@mail.gmail.com
> I am wondering why the *.ml file extension is reserved for Lisp files
> by default, I assume there is a historical reason for this but I would
> have expected it to be associated to a Standard ML mode or OCaml mode.
You might want to `M-x report-emacs-bug` and request for it to be
removed, BTW. I can't remember ever seeing a `.ml` file that contained
anything resembling Lisp, so that practice seems to predate my use of
Emacs, which started around 1992.
Stefan
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2024-10-18 15:50 Question about *.ml default in auto-mode-alist Patrick Nicodemus
2024-10-18 16:15 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-10-18 23:31 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
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