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28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 49278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:32:40 +0100

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 2:29 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Fix what? what is the problem?

The docstring is misleading!  It tells you that you may
use lisp-mode to edit Lisps other than GNU Emacs Lisp
and that is completely false. The only other such Lisp
is Common Lisp.  For mode developers it also misleads
into thinking that lisp-mode is an acceptable ancestor
to use for a new Lisp-like major mode that isn't GNU
Emacs Lisp.  That is also false.

So correcting the misleading statement is a good idea.

João





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João Távora

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