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

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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.

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Message #38 received at 8158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 8158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8158: Definition of auto-mode-alist
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 01:30:47 +0100

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:
> On 2 March 2011 23:42, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:
>>> On 2 March 2011 23:39, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you have missed it. I wrote majmodpri.el to get around the
>>>> problem that some elisp files added things to auto-mode-alist.
>>>
>>> So, are you saying that elisp files with non-centralized settings
>>> which are part of Emacs were causing you problems?
>>
>> Not me, but a lot of other people.
>
> Sorry, let me try again.
>
> Are you saying that elisp files shipped as part of Emacs, with
> non-centralized settings, were causing your users problems?

No. It is only with third party files I have seen the problem (since
files shipped with Emacs currently does not change auto-mode-alist
when they are loaded).
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