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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it wrong for a minor-mode to modify major-mode settings.
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:10:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy48fcby3.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CANHUxH3hmaRKqRM6vgTRzMUF_yepzWV1LerDgt8FBbHM7s0AjA@mail.gmail.com

> Is it wrong (or against convention) if a minor-mode changes major-mode
> configurations:

It's definitely not wrong.  It's maybe somewhat unusual but not against
convention either.

> 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?

You might be better off with a derived mode, indeed.  But it all depends
on the particular case.


        Stefan




      reply	other threads:[~2016-04-15 12:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-15  4:14 Is it wrong for a minor-mode to modify major-mode settings Mohammed Sadik P. K.
2016-04-15 12:10 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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