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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Message #20 received at 50801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 50801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: Re: 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 03:05:24 -0700

tags 50801 fixed
close 50801 28.1
thanks

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> 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.

Thanks, I have now made this change on master (commit 68994995db) with
the improvement suggested by Andreas.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.

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