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Fundamental mode isn't fundamental enough.

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From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza <at> udel.edu>
To: 22564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22564: Fundamental mode isn't fundamental enough.
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:34:11 -0500

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:
>> No, it's a deliberate feature, AFAIU.
>
> You mean, there should no longer be a vanilla fundamental mode?  I would
> argue that no "helpful" electric modes should be enabled in FM.  At the
> moment, it appears, we are lacking a What-You-Do-Is-What-You-Get mode.
>
> I think electric-*-modes should be disabled in FM unless explicitly
> enabled by the user in an FM buffer.  We've become far too "clever" with
> all these facilities.

electric-indent-mode is the only electric-*-mode on by default, and I
never understood why it was enabled. Up until bracketed paste was
implemented, this issue of indenting pastes had been an annoyance (only
later on did I realize to disable this electric mode).

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