GNU bug report logs - #10650
view-mode inconsistencies wrt special mode-class

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:06:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.93

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 10650 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 10650 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10650: view-mode inconsistencies wrt special mode-class
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:37:09 -0500

> The Lisp manual (node Basic Major Modes) says:
>    Special mode is a basic major mode for buffers containing text
>    that is produced specially by Emacs, rather than from a file.

Then again, doc-view-mode is a special mode even though the PDF code is
rarely if ever generated by Emacs.


        Stefan
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