Re: What is a "superior mode"?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2021-03-09, at 13:49, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
>> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:54:45 +0100
>> 
>>  -- Function: prog-first-column
>>      Call this function instead of using a literal value (usually, zero)
>>      of the column number for indenting top-level program constructs.
>>      The function’s value is the column number to use for top-level
>>      constructs.  When no superior mode is in effect, this function
>>      returns zero.
>> 
>> What is a "superior mode" (and a "sub-mode", for that matter)?
>
> That was supposed to be clear from the paragraph before the
> description of prog-indentation-context, which explains the context
> where these two come in handy.

Thanks, I missed that!  Now I feel stupid...

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