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

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 50801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, 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: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:34:49 -0400

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  > > +@code{mode: @var{modename};}, if present, specifies a major mode
  > > +(excluding the ``-mode'' part).  The @var{value}s are used literally,

  > without the ``-mode'' suffix

Indeed.  `-mode' is NOT part of the mode's name.  The name of Mail
mode, which I'm using now, is "Mail", not "Mail mode".

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