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New major mode: Less mode

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Message #14 received at 27881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Simen Heggestøyl <simenheg <at> gmail.com>,
 Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Steve Purcell <steve <at> sanityinc.com>,
 Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, 27881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#27881: New major mode: Less mode
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 06:32:39 +0200

On 2017-07-31, at 04:02, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> 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.

Exactly my thought, I thought it is "view-mode on steroids"...

-- 
Marcin Borkowski

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