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28.0.50; Incorrect major-mode in minibuffer

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Message #59 received at 47150 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 47150 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sheng Yang <styang <at> fastmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#47150: 28.0.50; Incorrect major-mode in minibuffer
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:03:46 -0400

>> The minibuffer used to be "always" in fundamental mode in Emacs<24
>> (since there was no `minibuffer-inactive-mode` back then), so I'm not
>> too worried.
> As you agreed earlier, I think we should put minibuffer-mode in place
> for those minor modes which maintain lists of valid (for them) major
> modes, and suchlike.

Yes, I indeed agree.  In the above I was just pointing out that changing
the name of the major-mode used in the minibuffer shouldn't be
a significant source of problems, since it has already changed in
Emacs-24 (and that didn't elicit much reaction, if any).


        Stefan

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