From bdd41bef5591f1706715de61bf621908677b8113 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:20:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Major Mode Conventions): Fundamental mode is exception. --- lispref/modes.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi index cfa9e90d793..6eba02d5a0b 100644 --- a/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/lispref/modes.texi @@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ Fundamental mode. Rmail mode is a complicated and specialized mode. The code for existing major modes follows various coding conventions, including conventions for local keymap and syntax table initialization, global names, and hooks. Please follow these conventions when you -define a new major mode. +define a new major mode. (Fundamental mode is an exception to many +of these conventions, because its definition is to present the global +state of Emacs.) This list of conventions is only partial, because each major mode should aim for consistency in general with other Emacs major modes. -- 2.30.2