Spaces in pretty names of major modes.

Spaces in pretty names of major modes.

[Lute Kamstra]

What about demanding that pretty names of major modes should not
contain spaces?  A user could mistake the part after a space for the
name of a minor mode.

Lute.


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  @item
  The major mode command should set the variable @code{mode-name} to the
  ``pretty'' name of the mode, as a string.  This string appears in the
! mode line.
  
  @item
  @cindex functions in modes
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  @item
  The major mode command should set the variable @code{mode-name} to the
  ``pretty'' name of the mode, as a string.  This string appears in the
! mode line.  It should not contain spaces.
  
  @item
  @cindex functions in modes

Re: Spaces in pretty names of major modes.

[Richard Stallman]

    What about demanding that pretty names of major modes should not
    contain spaces?

No thanks.  I don't want to entertain such a change at this time.
Please do not propose incompatible changes now.