Re: message-mode is now default?

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Jul 20 2009, Chong Yidong wrote:

> 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.  

Wouldn't this imply that message-mode depends on mail-mode so we would
keep the (partial) code duplication?

> It might also bring other minor conveniences, such as letting us
> merge their syntax tables and/or font-lock keywords.

Bye, Reiner.
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