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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally |
Date: | Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:07:48 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>> > What do we tell all those (myself included) who require generic-x in >>> > their init files? >>> I don't know what they need to be told. >>> Can you clarify what broke or risks breaking because of the change? >> I thought it was clear: suddenly those users will have a gazillion >> modes defined they never intended to use or load or even know about. > Could we perhaps take another step back here and ask: why is that a > problem? > To my mind, I only run the risk of getting some unexpected syntax > highlighting (which would actually be welcome in my use). Ah... maybe we should keep the `generic-extras-enable-list` but make it affect only the changes to `auto-mode-alist`. So all modes always get defined (like now) but they're not all automatically activated in some files. Stefan
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