bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion

[Mattias Engdegård]

23 okt. 2023 kl. 21.21 skrev Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>:

> Yeah, it's not something we usually do.  But we also don't change Emacs
> Lisp in such a fundamental way very often (once every 40 years, give or
> take?).  So I think veering from what we usually do is justified.

It's actually a rather timid feature as language modes go. They are supposed to 
act in their users' best interests, after all.

> I also note that this can only help and will never hurt users.

Right. This always informs our designs.

The feature is carefully designed not to get in the way. It is not opinionated: 
it does not add any other header, footer, copyright text, preamble or anything 
else.

Not including the cookie at all is the odd choice, and it is not unreasonable 
having to type C-p C-k in that rare case.