Re: Changing the default perl mode

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 01/27/2012 05:30 AM, Joe Higton wrote:
>> What are the chances of changing the default
>> emacs mode for Perl to cperl-mode?
>
> If that's the established favorite, then I'd say the chances
> should be fairly good.  I suggest filing a bug report (you can
> use M-x report-emacs-bug), preferably with a patch; you can then
> track its status at <http://debbugs.gnu.org/>.  Emacs is
> in feature-freeze right now, in preparation for Emacs 24,
> so any change wouldn't happen right away.

Good idea.  Long overdue.
It would be good for new Perl/Emacs users everywhere.
I've been a happy user of cperl-mode since 1997, and never
looked back (so I don't know if perl-mode is now a competitor).