From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Mohammed Sadik P. K." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Is it wrong for a minor-mode to modify major-mode settings. Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:44:49 +0530 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1460702910 1233 80.91.229.3 (15 Apr 2016 06:48:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 06:48:30 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 15 08:48:22 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aqxYC-0006Sz-0D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:48:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55849 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqxYA-00031E-Gi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 02:48:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39858) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqv9j-0008RL-N5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqv9f-0005xR-Nj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from md-77.webhostbox.net ([199.79.62.63]:44442) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqv9f-0005xN-JZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:14:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wm0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:37676) by md-77.webhostbox.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1aqv9e-001TiD-1h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 04:14:50 +0000 Original-Received: by mail-wm0-f44.google.com with SMTP id n3so14653319wmn.0 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:14:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FU4mAXAVAE+V48UjDdOAMqNVBe9fY1HqNZg25WQPtUelWqka3HoeD8ibPIscvZl89jFlf3Zk8nVqbUlDQ== X-Received: by 10.28.93.85 with SMTP id r82mr1981682wmb.77.1460693689319; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:14:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.74.227 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:14:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: X-Authenticated_sender: sadiq@sadiqpk.org X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - md-77.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sadiqpk.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: md-77.webhostbox.net: authenticated_id: sadiq@sadiqpk.org X-Authenticated-Sender: md-77.webhostbox.net: sadiq@sadiqpk.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 199.79.62.63 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 02:48:02 -0400 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:202941 Archived-At: Is it wrong (or against convention) if a minor-mode changes major-mode configurations: specifically: I need to have a minor mode run only for c-mode, which deletes some keywords in c-mode and introduces several new keywords. Also, this minor mode shall change a few syntax rules. Is it better to create a derived mode for this? Please CC me as I'm not on the list. Thank you.