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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 43713@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43713: 26.3; doc of `define-generic-mode'
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:52:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875z7w9gkf.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4f42178-6e0a-41d3-8051-9e1fe4d0ecff@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:55:00 -0700 (PDT)")

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> The doc string says nothing at all about what a generic mode is.
>
> (elisp) `Generic Modes' says only this:
>
>   "Generic modes" are simple major modes with basic support for comment
>   syntax and Font Lock mode.
>
> Is that all users need to know about a generic mode?
>
> Can we at least say something like that in the doc string?

I've now done so in Emacs 28.

-- 
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2020-09-29 19:55 bug#43713: 26.3; doc of `define-generic-mode' Drew Adams
2020-09-30  1:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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