Re: Subversion of user chosen major mode by Emacs. [Was: My usage of imenu is broken.]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: acm@muc.de,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 10:18:49 -0400
> 
> >> Otherwise, it's impossible for two users who have different preferences
> >> to share that file.
> > How do I force the use of a specific mode when more than one can
> > handle the file?  It is possible that the file relies on some features
> > specific to that mode, so such use cases are not outlandish.
> 
> AFAICT it is a lot more common for file-local vars to be abused to
> specify mere user preferences, than the reverse (i.e. where there really
> is a technical reason why the file should be edited with js2-mode rather
> than js-mode).

"More common", maybe.  But that doesn't mean the other case doesn't
exist or is not legitimate.