GNU bug report logs - #43713
26.3; doc of `define-generic-mode'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:56:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 43713 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43713: 26.3; doc of `define-generic-mode'
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:52:32 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The doc string says nothing at all about what a generic mode is.
>
> (elisp) `Generic Modes' says only this:
>
>   "Generic modes" are simple major modes with basic support for comment
>   syntax and Font Lock mode.
>
> Is that all users need to know about a generic mode?
>
> Can we at least say something like that in the doc string?

I've now done so in Emacs 28.

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