From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Subversion of user chosen major mode by Emacs. [Was: My usage of imenu is broken.] Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86r0dmtbk2.fsf@gnu.org> <867cfbswfg.fsf@gnu.org> <86ed9jqrfp.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39561"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 30 20:31:07 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sCkYN-000A1U-Bk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 30 May 2024 20:31:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sCkXR-0007nD-0a; Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sCkXP-0007ms-TG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sCkXK-0000h3-WA; Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id BA727100048; Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:01 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1717093800; bh=XG4xO18cCC8RLaxGo599sTyaFtoHDLQxT/Mb7I6qJMA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=ilMGf7F2li1WSP1mCwYhRxV3X8jLKtT06bXwEhpvK4+svGDInfMoDLunqC0VBu24F rolbWYxwpR7DZvOM6kIO4k21TlaQSSMIUaL6S7d1HOTAU42LEiQp+tH7rl/Z5PJH35 GMJ6SIGeXFK91MT89YLls5nkBcO9h5jm/5K/EBp/wXgELs0HMsbanOr3Michkao5ST IP1TvaGZfSavkj8wXyoSXS9s31E9I0lJ1BPcPkSVf+mJY4i1vgyCLQgj5tcpsmUKnE 1W2Jb5uMOvM5e0oI7vPqdzbeDYr95Dd+ZcVwJTQqcCqcukAehOuIhEBebhBvbGNzFa G8Pp+0I1H/idA== Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id C6BF3100035; Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:00 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from lechazo (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B3F081204C5; Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Thu, 30 May 2024 15:29:24 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:319759 Archived-At: > I can point to a semi-hypothetical case: A device driver hacker may need > to use C Mode for a "hardware description" file which contains a 40,000 > line function, for which c-ts-mode is unusably slow. I have such a > file, packet-rrc.c, in my desktop. The said hacker may, however, prefer > c-ts-mode for more normal files, so will set up the mode in file-local > variables or the top line of the file. I see. To me that sounds like a fringe enough case that a fringe solution is OK (while waiting for `c-ts-mode` to fix that problem). [ And of course, forcing `c-mode` for that one file may annoy that other contributor who prefers `sm-c-mode` instead. =F0=9F=99=82 ] Stefan