From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
Cc: 37787@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37787: [PATCH] Update `special-mode' docstring.
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:37:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mudyk9lk.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wod3ga80.fsf@topbug.net> (Hong Xu's message of "Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:25:03 -0700")
Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net> writes:
> * lisp/simple.el (special-mode): Add more explanation for
> `special-mode'.
[...]
> +A special major mode is intended to view specially formatted data
> +rather than files. It is read-only and usually lightweight."
What do you mean by "lightweight"? My guess is that, on average,
special modes have more code than non-special modes.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-18 3:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-17 6:25 bug#37787: [PATCH] Update `special-mode' docstring Hong Xu
2019-10-17 6:29 ` Hong Xu
2019-10-18 3:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-10-18 17:53 ` Hong Xu
2019-10-19 8:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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