Subject: bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:01:55 -0700

João Távora <[email-masked]> writes:

> diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi
> index 8de93867ba..7d655449c5 100644
> --- a/doc/emacs/building.texi
> +++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi
> @@ -1764,10 +1764,10 @@ External Lisp
>  @cindex mode, Lisp
>  @cindex Common Lisp
>
> -  Lisp mode is the major mode for editing programs written in
> -general-purpose Lisp dialects, such as Common Lisp.  Its mode command
> -is @kbd{M-x lisp-mode}.  Emacs uses Lisp mode automatically for files
> -whose names end in @file{.l}, @file{.lsp}, or @file{.lisp}.
> +  Lisp mode is the major mode for editing programs written in Common
> +Lisp or its ancestor dialects.  Its mode command is @kbd{M-x
> +lisp-mode}.  Emacs uses Lisp mode automatically for files whose names
> +end in @file{.l}, @file{.lsp}, or @file{.lisp}.
>
>  @findex run-lisp
>  @vindex inferior-lisp-program

This change was never installed, was it?

It would be good if we could install this fix.  As the discussion in
this bug report has shown, what the text says now is completely wrong.

I think saying "programs written in Common Lisp" is good, and leaving
the "ancestor dialects" part out of it.