Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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).
I think we should (and do) go further. Adding to auto-mode-alist s only okay if we don't override an entry already handled in standard Emacs.
