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bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions
From: |
Leo |
Subject: |
bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:17:27 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
On 2009-10-12 21:31 +0100, Juri Linkov wrote:
[...]
>> The completion of 'mode' does not include modes like outline-minor-mode.
>> Is this an oversight?
>
> I've excluded minor modes from completion intentionally because the manual
> says in (info "(emacs) Specifying File Variables"):
>
> You can use the `mode' "variable" to set minor modes as well as the
> major modes; in fact, you can use it more than once, first to set the
> major mode and then to set minor modes which are specific to particular
> buffers. But most minor modes should not be specified in the file at
> all, because they represent user preferences.
I wonder if this is a bit silly. Whether it is user preferences should
be left for the users who are editing that file to decide. For example,
if Will Smith and I are editing the same file and I want to enable
outline-minor-mode in the local variables, I will consult him before
enabling it.
> I'm not sure about a list of minor modes that represent user preferences.
> Where can I see a complete list of their names? Since this is too vague,
> perhaps we should include minor modes to the completion of 'mode'.
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- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Leo, 2009/10/07
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/07
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- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/07
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Leo, 2009/10/08
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Juri Linkov, 2009/10/08
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Leo, 2009/10/08
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/09
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Juri Linkov, 2009/10/11
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Leo, 2009/10/12
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Juri Linkov, 2009/10/12
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- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Stefan Monnier, 2009/10/13
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Juri Linkov, 2009/10/13
- bug#4664: 23.1.50; local variables completions, Leo, 2009/10/13
bug#4664: marked as done (23.1.50; local variables completions), Emacs bug Tracking System, 2009/10/07