From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Johan_Bockg=C3=A5rd?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: nxml-mode: Derive from prog-mode instead of text-mode Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 20:52:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87tw4jb9jl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1494412509.2069441.971865104.0646ACD6@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8337ccbrar.fsf@gnu.org> <1494439153.1311720.972341016.7C2EC66A@webmail.messagingengine.com> <83o9v0a66q.fsf@gnu.org> <1494487799.3240345.972964808.43DA610E@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87r2zqvmy9.fsf@pokyo> <1494930855.4131543.978121176.7BB5246B@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4165ea59-dc7e-4112-95b8-10b766bf0d52@default> <877f1gx5b3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <93458087-0860-4fcd-9628-dfcf2b231a69@default> <4bade577-a131-48e1-8ceb-5980307841dd@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1495047213 3794 195.159.176.226 (17 May 2017 18:53:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 18:53:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 17 20:53:28 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dB44d-0000qq-DY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 May 2017 20:53:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50382 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dB44i-0004vu-Jc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 May 2017 14:53:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38427) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dB43r-0004v7-6i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2017 14:52:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dB43o-0001fN-4d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2017 14:52:39 -0400 Original-Received: from manu26.manufrog.com ([98.142.98.2]:50370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dB43n-0001ey-Vs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 May 2017 14:52:36 -0400 Original-Received: from c-5306e555.04-211-6c6b701.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se ([85.229.6.83]:45062 helo=muon.localdomain) by manu26.manufrog.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dB43k-004B4y-JV; Wed, 17 May 2017 20:52:32 +0200 Original-Received: by muon.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DF7BF48421D; Wed, 17 May 2017 20:52:30 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 17 May 2017 14:42:24 -0400") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - manu26.manufrog.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gnu.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: manu26.manufrog.com: authenticated_id: noreply@tryserumgardar.se X-Authenticated-Sender: manu26.manufrog.com: noreply@tryserumgardar.se X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 98.142.98.2 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:214927 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> Since Emacs 24, Dired already essentially inherits from >> `special-mode', without doing so explicitly. > > Indeed, that's because the `dired-mode` function currently can't just > use define-derived-mode (because it takes a `dir` argument), and > I kept the needed refactoring as a todo-item (one of those "todo after > I retire from retirement"). One disadvantage (currently) of deriving from special-mode is that define-derived-mode makes `foo-mode' an interactive command. This is practically never appropriate for "special" modes.