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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 10650@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10650: view-mode inconsistencies wrt special mode-class
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:05:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <v87h09r25v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)

Package: emacs
Version: 24.0.93
Severity: minor

emacs -Q
M-x view-file RET /path/to/old/rmail/BABYL/file RET
-> "Not using View mode because the major mode is special"

but:
emacs -Q
M-x view-file-other-window RET /path/to/old/rmail/BABYL/file/RET
-> buffer opened in view mode.

This is a silly inconsistency. The test for special mode class was
already generalized (bug#5513) from view-file to view-buffer, but none
of the other view-mode commands (view-file-other-window,
view-file-other-frame, view-buffer-other-window,
view-buffer-other-frame) use view-buffer, so this doesn't affect them.

The check should probably be moved to view-mode-enter. This is used in a
handful of places outside view.el, so maybe an optional argument to
control the check will be needed.

When this is done, view-mode will treat special mode class consistently,
so it can be documented in the manual (the relation between view-mode
and special modes does not seem to documented at present). See the Emacs
24 etc/NEWS entry for view buffer.





             reply	other threads:[~2012-01-30  9:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-30  9:05 Glenn Morris [this message]
2012-01-30 20:10 ` bug#10650: view-mode inconsistencies wrt special mode-class Glenn Morris
2012-01-30 23:29   ` Juri Linkov
2012-01-31  0:38     ` Glenn Morris
2012-01-31  1:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-31  2:50   ` Glenn Morris
2012-01-31  6:17     ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-31 17:37       ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-01  7:38         ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-01  8:32           ` Chong Yidong
2012-02-01 17:15             ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-01 14:31           ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-01 17:12             ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-02  0:40             ` Juri Linkov
2012-02-02 18:49               ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-02 20:03                 ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-02 21:11                   ` Juri Linkov

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