From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:44:35 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmkXJWpTfstcBjLaNTEVAotf1o=V_jT4DtBQ_wKWSFv3FQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83sg64hqzj.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> > What do we tell all those (myself included) who require generic-x in
>> > their init files?
>>
>> I don't know what they need to be told.
>> Can you clarify what broke or risks breaking because of the change?
>
> I thought it was clear: suddenly those users will have a gazillion
> modes defined they never intended to use or load or even know about.
Could we perhaps take another step back here and ask: why is that a
problem?
To my mind, I only run the risk of getting some unexpected syntax
highlighting (which would actually be welcome in my use).
If the generic modes themselves are worse than having no syntax
highlighting, they should either be fixed or removed.
What am I missing?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-10 16:44 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <20210209160551.832FB20AD1@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2021-02-09 17:16 ` master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-09 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 19:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09 20:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 20:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09 21:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 21:51 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09 22:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 3:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 14:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 16:44 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-02-10 17:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 17:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 18:29 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-10 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 14:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 14:22 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 15:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 14:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-11 17:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 18:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 21:28 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-12 6:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 15:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 16:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 16:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 19:22 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-09 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier
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