GNU bug report logs - #8158
Definition of auto-mode-alist

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:03:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8158: Definition of auto-mode-alist
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:35:37 +0000

On 2 March 2011 22:30, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think the control of this must be given to the user and that
> requires a central system.

From the point of view of the user, the system is centralised:
auto-mode-alist and friends, which can be redefined at will.

> Just loading a new elisp file should not
> override old choices. (See above for clarification.)

Sure, but autoloaded lines from mode files aren't rerun when the mode
is loaded, are they? (At least, it seems not, because modes I have
autoloaded still only have one entry per file suffix in
auto-mode-alist.)

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 119 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.