Re: message-mode is now default?

[Chong Yidong]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

> In the most important senses -- the general UI and method of operation
> -- message-mode is very much compatible... There are clearly things
> that need to be ironed out, so we should iron them out.
>
> The hook situation seems one of the more important issues; is anybody
> going to comment on my suggestion for merging the hooks?

How troublesome would it be to make message-mode derived from mail-mode?
This would solve the hooks problem in a clean way.  It might also bring
other minor conveniences, such as letting us merge their syntax tables
and/or font-lock keywords.