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view-mode inconsistencies wrt special mode-class

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10650 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10650: view-mode inconsistencies wrt special mode-class
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:29:25 +0200

> This came up before in some long thread:
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4896#153
>
>   I think the right solution should be to let the major mode say
>   explicitly that it is mutually-exclusive with view-mode.

Another thread worth to read is:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8615

> It would seem better to have some new explicit property for this, rather
> than stealing special mode-class.

Or a new user option defined in view.el with a list of modes where
view-mode should not be activated; with the default value like
`(image-mode archive-mode tar-mode)'.

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