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Re: 23.0.50; `mode-name' variable docs out of date WRT features
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: 23.0.50; `mode-name' variable docs out of date WRT features |
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Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:38 -0500 |
Recent Emacs snapshots have extended the `mode-name' variable, so that
constructs such as
'(sgml-xml-mode "XML" "SGML")
We never discussed the question of using this variable that way. I
think someone just noticed that this value works -- in the mode line,
at least -- and started using it.
But this value doesn't work everywhere. There are files (bookmark.el
is one) that expect the value to be a string, as the manual says.
I think that the change in sgml-mode.el needs to be backed out.
Stefan, could you redo that differently, then ack?