Re: A vision for multiple major modes: some design notes

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> The essence of major mode support is buffer local variables. (Things like
> the syntax table and local key map are basically buffer local variables,
> even though they are not accessible as such from Lisp.) So, at first sight,
> each "island" in the buffer needs its own set of "buffer local" variables.

I don't agree that this is the essence of major mode support. Another aspect
of major modes is an expectation of which text properties might occur
throughout the buffer, and where and why.

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