Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Enable directory local variables for japanese-latex-mode

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi Ikumi,

2016-04-24 18:24 GMT+02:00 Ikumi Keita <address@hidden>:
> Hi Mosè, thanks for your reply.
>
>> Your patch looks good to me.  Another strategy could be to directly
>> address the main problem: the use of hard-coded `latex-mode',
>> `plain-tex-mode', etc.  We could use in AUCTeX core variables holding
>> the actual name of the major modes, e.g. `japanese-latex-mode' or
>> `latex-mode'.  However, this alternative strategy may require much
>> more work and care than your simple patch.  What do you think?
>
> I agree that the alternative strategy is tedious.

Agreed.

> In addition, I'm
> afraid that it will be difficult to keep the policy "Use new core
> variable and don't use hard-coded mode name in AUCTeX" across a long
> period since most of the developers and contributors of AUCTeX
> (including the ones who join in the future) have little relation with
> Japanese TeX.  (I'm not blaming about that.  I'm sorry if my words sound
> offensive.)  It is unrealistic to request all of them to care about
> issues specific to Japanese TeX all the time, I think.

I think you're right.

I'd like to install your patch, could you please send it in the format
you sent previous patches?  git can't read the header of this patch.
If you find tedious to write the whole command every time, you should
be able to define Mercurial aliases.

Bye,
Mosè