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New major mode: Less mode

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>, Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, 27881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#27881: New major mode: Less mode
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:02:03 -0400

Simen Heggestøyl wrote:

> The biggest change I've made is to rename the mode from "Less CSS
> mode" to just "Less mode". I think the renaming has two advantages:
> Aligning its name with "SCSS mode", and making the mode's commands,
> variables and function names shorter. The downside is that existing
> users of Less mode will have to update their config files. Maybe
> aliasing `less-css-mode' to `less-mode' could help some in that
> regard. What do you think of it?

FWIW, I would assume that "less-mode" was some sort of file viewer mode
like the standalone less utility.

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