Subject: bug#65891: 29.0.91; Could the error msg be better for this?

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:48:33 +0200

On Sep 12 2023, Drew Adams wrote:

> I'm guessing that it's flagged as a "file mode specification" error
> because it's from a mode hook?

It comes from processing auto-mode-alist, see normal-mode:

    (with-demoted-errors "File mode specification error: %s"
      (set-auto-mode))

> But major modes are not necessarily about file buffers.

auto-mode-alist is only about matching file names to modes, so the error
message looks fitting.

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