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Re: major mode in new buffers
From: |
Harald Hanche-Olsen |
Subject: |
Re: major mode in new buffers |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0400 (EDT) |
+ René Kyllingstad <address@hidden>:
> new buffers get default-major-mode.
Actually, according to the doc string that variable is obsolete.
You're supposed to use (the global value of) major-mode instead.
> I would find it more convenient if auto-mode-alist was used.
>
> Is there a disadvantage to that?
One obvious one (I think) is that auto-mode-alist is geared towards
filenames, not buffer names. I also admit I'd find it somewhat creepy
if the mode of a new buffer were to depend on the buffer name.
Couldn't you just bind the global value of major-mode to a function
which picks the mode based on the buffer name?
- Harald