Re: 'initial-major-mode interaction with 'major-mode

[Lars Wessman <lars.wessman@gmail.com>]

On May 20, 4:53 am, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > Thanks Stefan. Have you tested this on your machine (alternating
> > between default-major-mode and major-mode)?
>
> Of course.  And I recently rewrote the way default-major-mode works
> internally and am responsible for declaring it obsolete.
>
> > After reading your message I tried using major-mode again and
> > *scratch* opens up in Fundamental mode. I switch it back to
> > default-major-mode and *scratch* opens up in lisp-interaction-mode as
> > specified in 'initial-major-mode.
> > I'm noticing a difference in behavior between using 'default-major-
> > mode and 'major-mode, and I'm not hallucinating it. Is it possible
> > that some other setting is affecting the behavior of one or the other?
>
> Define "using".  I.e. show us the actual code you tried.

I did put the code in the original message.

> And don't forget that for `major-mode', you need to set it with
> `setq-default' rather than with `setq'.

The problem was that I wasn't using setq-default, I had not picked
that detail up in your first message. Thanks.

What is the rationale for switching from the use of setq to setq-
default? Just curious.

>
>         Stefan

Lars