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
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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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