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bug#22564: Fundamental mode isn't fundamental enough.
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John Wiegley |
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bug#22564: Fundamental mode isn't fundamental enough. |
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Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:50:27 -0800 |
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>>>>> Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
>> It would therefore be against the spirit of fundamental mode to introduce
>> any mode-specific behaviour for it.
> I'd agree with that last paragraph.
> However, fundamental mode has had mode-specific indentation behaviour thrust
> upon it. You'd probably argue legalistically that once some indentation
> behaviour has been made a default, it's no longer mode-specific. I'd
> disagree with you.
I would rather that fundamental-mode be as non-magical as possible also.
Anything content-aware (like electric indentation) smacks of enriched behavior
over what is fundamental.
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