GNU bug report logs - #50801
28.0.50; Emacs manual about file variables doesn't mention that major modes shouldn't end in "-mode"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:40:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 50801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: bug#50801: 28.0.50; Emacs manual about file variables doesn't mention that major modes shouldn't end in "-mode"
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:59:28 +0200

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

> -@code{mode: @var{modename};}, if present, specifies a major mode.  The
> -@var{value}s are used literally, and not evaluated.
> +@code{mode: @var{modename};}, if present, specifies a major mode
> +(excluding the ``-mode'' part).  The @var{value}s are used literally,
> +and not evaluated.

Makes sense to me.

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