GNU bug report logs - #76971
Removing deprecated use of -*- mode:foo -*- for minor modes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 03:45:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Removing deprecated use of -*- mode:foo -*- for minor modes
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:44:00 -0500

In Emacs 24.1 (Bug#8613), we deprecated setting minor modes in file
local variables (e.g., "-*- mode:flymake -*-").  See also the part it
played in Bug#37656.

Its deprecation is documented in comments in files.el, and
(info "(emacs) Specifying File Variables")
also warns against such use.

I propose that now is a good time to remove this feature.
This bug report was last modified 95 days ago.

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