GNU bug report logs - #7253
comment-dwim should easily allow mid-line comments

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:39:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 7253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#7253: M-; rebound in message-mode
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:31:59 -0400

SM> No, M-; should usually not be rebound in major-mods.
>>> Yuck. E.g., as I write this it is bound to comment-region.
SM> Sounds like a misfeature of the major mode you're using.  Can you give
SM> us some details?
> major-mode ^U^X^E message-mode
> M-; (translated from <escape> ;) runs the command comment-region,
> which is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `newcomment.el'.

Thanks.  It might make sense for message-mode to redefine the binding
somewhat since it's not really a programming mode, but this binding
means that M-; can't be used to un-quote, so it's not a good idea as
it stands.


        Stefan
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