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bug#58075: Mapping file types to major modes
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From: |
Stefan Monnier |
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Subject: |
bug#58075: Mapping file types to major modes |
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Date: |
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:18:43 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Suppose that a user who prefers built-in TeX modes customized
> `major-mode-remap-alist' via Custom to invalidate site-wide default
> TeX modes and the site admin adds an entry (perl-mode . cperl-mode)
> later. Then the user doesn't see the new site-wide default perl mode.
Indeed, it's a long-standing problem that Customize doesn't let the user
say "I want to add/remove <ELEM>" rather than "I want to set this list to
<VAL>". Actually, strictly speaking it does, but noone bothered to make
that work well.
Stefan