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bug#67848: 29.1; Fix usage of `setq-default' and add explanation
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#67848: 29.1; Fix usage of `setq-default' and add explanation |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:47:09 +0200 |
> From: Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com>
> Cc: 67848@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:00:59 -0800
>
> While I kind of agree with what you said here, this requires a much
> larger rewrite of the text, because there are several paragraphs that
> span several sections that follows the author's original advice of
> making newly opened files to use text-mode instead of fundamental mode
> by default. Neither being a writer, nor even a native English speaker,
> I don't consider myself a good candidate to make such a drastic change
> to this classic book.
>
> So instead I added another footnote at the first sentence of this
> section to suggest that the suggestion was aimed for writers and the
> reader can feel free not to do this. The new patch is attached. PTAL.
Thanks, installed on the emacs-29 branch, and closing the bug.