From: Matt Armstrong <matt@rfc20.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>,
larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:29:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2o8grhj3s.fsf@matts-mbp-2016.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvk0rflt1l.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:45:11 -0500")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> Users might not want some file suddenly turn on a mode the user didn't
>> intend to use. I don't understand what else there is to explain here,
>> really.
>
> I thought you were talking about modes being defined, for which I don't
> see any harm. But indeed, the changes to `auto-mode-alist` imply
> a change in behavior which could I guess be annoying (especially since
> those modes are quite primitive).
>
> My problem was with conditionally defining the modes, not with
> conditionally activating them. So if we restore the config var but make
> it apply only to the `auto-mode-alist` changes, then I think we'll all
> be happy.
>
> Stefan K, could you do that?
Separately (almost), when looking at this I noticed that files.el
installs a mode for .Xdefaults in auto-mode-alist, and so does
generic-x.el. I wonder how many modes in generic-x.el are redundant with
modes elsewhere in Emacs. Perhaps it is just the one.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-10 18:29 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <20210209160551.832FB20AD1@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2021-02-09 17:16 ` master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-09 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 19:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09 20:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 20:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09 21:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 21:51 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-09 22:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 3:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 14:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 16:44 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-10 17:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 17:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 18:29 ` Matt Armstrong [this message]
2021-02-10 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 14:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 14:22 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 15:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 14:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-11 17:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 18:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-11 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-11 21:28 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-12 6:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 15:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-12 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-12 16:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 16:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-10 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-10 19:22 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-09 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier
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