GNU bug report logs - #53764
27.1; shouldn't ~/diary be in diary-mode?

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Reported by: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 22:13:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.1

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Message #61 received at 53764 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 53764 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53764: 27.1; shouldn't ~/diary be in diary-mode?
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:03:32 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:
>> Maybe we can leave a short remark about the existence of the mode in the
>> manual?

I'd say definitely yes.

>We could also have `diary-make-entry' put a diary mode cookie into the
>diary file (if the file doesn't exist already).
>
>That'd make the buffer a big uglier when editing it from Calendar (with
>`i d' etc), though.

Only if the mode is set at the end of file, I think that putting the
-*- diary -*- string at the beginning would not make it bad.
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