From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: new buffer - should its mode reflect its name when the name matches auto-mode-alist? Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:31:34 -0700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253629963 10706 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2009 14:32:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:32:43 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 22 16:32:36 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mq6Pz-0005PC-5U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:32:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42424 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq6Py-0007Ua-Cr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:32:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq6PE-0007Cd-NH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq6P9-0007Ai-R6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37244 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mq6P9-0007Ac-K2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:24994 helo=rgminet11.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mq6P9-0007Ek-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:43 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n8MEWTef020641 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:32:31 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt014.oracle.com (abhmt014.oracle.com [141.146.116.23]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n8MEW54I017276 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:32:05 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.169.188) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:31:34 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Aco7kWKokP9jJHLWS9S49yF6MHN57w== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt014.oracle.com [141.146.116.23] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.4AB8DFC7.0142:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115520 Archived-At: Haven't thought about this before, but I wonder if the mode should respect auto-mode-alist when you create a new buffer? There's no doubt a good reason or two why we don't do this - just wondering. E.g. `C-x b foo.el', where there is no existing buffer foo.el. The mode is Fundamental; should it be Emacs-Lisp instead? (I realize that a new buffer need not be intended to be saved as a file.)