Re: Subversion of user chosen major mode by Emacs. [Was: My usage of imenu is broken.]

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Otherwise, it's impossible for two users who have different preferences
>> to share that file.
> How do I force the use of a specific mode when more than one can
> handle the file?  It is possible that the file relies on some features
> specific to that mode, so such use cases are not outlandish.

AFAICT it is a lot more common for file-local vars to be abused to
specify mere user preferences, than the reverse (i.e. where there really
is a technical reason why the file should be edited with js2-mode rather
than js-mode).


        Stefan