On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:10:53AM +0100, Davide G. M. Salvetti wrote:
> MB> It sounds like these might be better considered bugs against the
> MB> individual packages though, if they're doing unfriendly things
> MB> without being asked to.
>
> No, you did not understand the issue.
> 1. AUC TeX is an enhanced TeX mode, associated to TeX files, with
> peculiar keys, commands and menus.
I mentioned that packages adding to `auto-mode-alist' was one exception to
the general rule (but one which is easily controlled). Does auctex do more
than that? If so, what does it do?
The special case of auto-mode-alist is easier to control because it's a very
narrow and specific interface. If a debian package adds an entry to that in
the site-start file, then it's easy for users to remove the entry (or
alternatively, add it, if it's _not_ added by default).
-Miles
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