From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alexis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why is .ml associated with lisp-mode in auto-mode-alist? Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:05:49 +1000 Message-ID: <87wouofkyq.fsf@ada> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1529841875 32355 195.159.176.226 (24 Jun 2018 12:04:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:04:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 26.1 Cc: emacs-devel To: Wilfred Hughes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 24 14:04:31 2018 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 1fX3kt-0008L5-9e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 14:04:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41704 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fX3n0-0007Ga-DR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:06:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59261) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fX3mJ-0007GT-5K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:05:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fX3mF-0005Pp-5V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:05:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pl0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::230]:44830) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fX3mE-0005Oi-Vn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:05:55 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pl0-x230.google.com with SMTP id m16-v6so748249pls.11 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:05:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=WDkud2RZO9siolJ6aXrsuG19Fc2/bmHgWzTM2fcoAIY=; b=uhGw+yWx4rR8QCEhpQi+25fYd0SKPKB+3wriwVZBpclpCTMKsytKz9hxaTpjuKTIis W21zMMksYtMtx5pUCDZ7f6eialGlyJ9ZAElBQWhNkosEmYm6inz5Yi/anoPHccWcyH3d UFBz2w6gE4UZuCL0IuJmUFjh60WQdumvm0PprgXARC0CN++/rKYnDEkr+gH0XSqkRH37 nOtEKtSzPtUVsvtJ5UppaZSrkKUGqfjdJgeR9XzIGEf6mM/Sj9E1nB20ToGSNSxygnuC pLIQW5TzYy0SROUEuCmZdP/qDaAz4uNRj65nfUshCthVhgpABM+dRpngjD78ETeRs1ON eoZw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=WDkud2RZO9siolJ6aXrsuG19Fc2/bmHgWzTM2fcoAIY=; b=lGw3+LCnnub0JTRrir0FVSGJEZFJZOfaS/uB3Y1BshUxJulTXdit2X/Xjq1qCzakAr 3NRBxVp3ckgdcoVg54GZIz2bMpeQiQmJVEnbcBEUBO2Mf8eMzvgSzXEGusw9NXDPUQjr Jc+dGi/O7duoJkAhGqY+07WGaYu9ljn3TJJttK55ARI4EBBPVWPJtt0Qk/HmYGw3wmhx V0wmdtFpcDjsB7vup037PSH7PmfHa0P5cl3Opghtfv+yXfEj4atGu5+aKzde4ep81u3Q 3H+I6O3GQueKGaZNYXF4D2MzbIQJ7w9CsFWwMOlBbNm5r7o5uSKJRtlF1x99ulyZjbvL 3CsA== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E0iaEKBVpH2264WZQIbJi5fsjwKGX37/+XFwp7tA+SX2wF7IowL or42BQI9x1CcnWleRIWnuso= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJ+WJh6jXz4FxSxUJ/zZLhwINO9ybuxM2L+XbVJ8xCJvXUdOvLHwzDq1iemi48q2ZxhNKYlQw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:4424:: with SMTP id k33-v6mr8476575pld.242.1529841953914; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp118-209-84-223.bras1.mel11.internode.on.net. [118.209.84.223]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 10-v6sm26678647pgb.40.2018.06.24.05.05.52 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:05:53 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::230 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:226638 Archived-At: Wilfred Hughes writes: > I've noticed the following line in files.el: > > ("\\.ml\\'" . lisp-mode) > > This seems strange to me: .ml files are generally ML or > Ocaml. Git > history says this line was added to Emacs in 1992 in commit > 7b3f3dc2bba80d, but that commit doesn't suggest why this > association > was added. > > I'm not aware of any lisp file formats that use *.ml files, and > lisp-mode is not well suited for editing ML-family code. Hmm, were MacLisp source files ever given a .ml extension? (Yes, i would assume a .ml file was ML-family source, myself ....) Alexis.