From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Multiple major modes Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:49 -0400 Message-ID: References: <466E7A93.3050705@gmail.com> <466E81AA.3030202@gnu.org> <466E9822.2050508@gmail.com> <466EAB9D.9020408@gnu.org> <466EEA71.2070700@gmail.com> <200706122014.l5CKEKV1021902@projectile.siege-engine.com> <200706190209.l5J29Csr010302@projectile.siege-engine.com> <200706251404.l5PE4dgc011720@projectile.siege-engine.com> <200707050144.l651iOeu023173@projectile.siege-engine.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183933455 1172 80.91.229.12 (8 Jul 2007 22:24:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jasonr@gnu.org, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, sdl.web@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Eric M. Ludlam" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 09 00:24:13 2007 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 1I7fAq-0002cV-TA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:24:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I7fAq-0003r3-4u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:24:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I7fAJ-0003SC-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I7fAI-0003RP-B4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I7fAI-0003RL-2n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I7fAH-0005i0-Lk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:37 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I7fAT-0001WO-JY; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:23:49 -0400 In-reply-to: <200707050144.l651iOeu023173@projectile.siege-engine.com> (eric@siege-engine.com) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:74479 Archived-At: The use syntax of an overloadable function is similar to programs that call `indent-for-tab-command', or `indent-according-to-mode', but there is no restriction forcing `according-to-mode' as part of the function name. I understand the similarity, but I see the difference too. The source code of `indent-according-to-mode' shows that it calls something that can be set differently by different modes. That's why I prefer using a variable. However, you didn't show precisely what this feature looks like. Perhaps I got the wrong idea of the feature. Can you show me what it looks like?