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so-long mode vs. dired-view-file

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>, 45084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#45084: so-long mode vs. dired-view-file
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 12:32:18 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> dired-view-file does something quite unusual: it visits a file and puts
> it in View mode.
>
> I think so-long needs to make a special case for View mode.
> For instance, if View mode is in effect, it could (1) turn off View mode,
> (2) switch modes however it does, then (3) reenable View mode.

It does feel a bit messy to special-case `view-mode' here, but on the
other hand, not doing so will make the `v' command in Dired a less
handy.

So I've gone ahead with Richard's suggestion here in Emacs 28 --
`so-long' will now restore the view minor mode if it was switched on.

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