GNU bug report logs - #50674
Major mode for etc/AUTHORS with basic font-locking

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 14:13:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 50674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#50674: Major mode for etc/AUTHORS with basic font-locking
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:56:18 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:41:43 +0300
> Cc: 50674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> 
> >> I thought of another one -- NEWS should really have its own major mode
> >> to make it easier to edit.
> >
> > Indeed.  In comparison to the others, such a mode wouldn't (or
> > shouldn't) be purely cosmetic.
> 
> Gradually it will grow to become a doppelgänger of org-mode.

I don't see why.  We don't need any of the bells-and-whistles of Org
to edit NEWS, but we do need a couple of features that Org doesn't
have, like better support for marking the entries documented, easier
quoting, and a few more.
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