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24.5; conf-mode has no parent

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Message #12 received at 21452-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Kurt Hackenberg <kh <at> panix.com>
Cc: 21452-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21452: 24.5; conf-mode has no parent
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:15:30 -0700

Kurt Hackenberg <kh <at> panix.com> writes:

> The major mode conf-mode has no parent mode, and does not inherit
> anything, because it's not defined with define-derived-mode, just with
> defun.

This was fixed in:

commit e2a15c8ac4efe823c51c9a5750642532155199a8
Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Date:   Sat Mar 14 15:16:51 2020 -0400

    * lisp/textmodes/conf-mode.el (conf-mode): Use define-derived-mode

> The source file conf-mode.el is in lisp/textmodes, but that seems
> wrong.  Conf-mode's children edit files that contain software
> configuration, not human language.  Probably conf-mode should be
> derived from prog-mode.

Moving files is generally frowned upon since it makes it harder to
follow the history in git.  So for better or for worse, we will have to
live with its current location.

I don't see anything more to do here, so I'm closing this bug.  Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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