Re: About the correspondence between the feature name and its mode's name.

[Thibaut Verron]

On 27/07/2021 17:05, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> Case 1:
>
> https://github.com/stardiviner/sdcv.el/blob/943ae3e90cc9a0a88a37cc710acd7424fd4defc4/sdcv.el#L495
>
> (provide 'sdcv)
>
> https://github.com/stardiviner/sdcv.el/blob/943ae3e90cc9a0a88a37cc710acd7424fd4defc4/sdcv.el#L232
>
> defvar sdcv-mode-map
>
> Case 2:
>
> https://github.com/gucong/emacs-sdcv/blob/c51569ebf3fd1f8c02c33c289d229996bf2ff186/sdcv-mode.el#L53
> (provide 'sdcv-mode)
>
> https://github.com/gucong/emacs-sdcv/blob/c51569ebf3fd1f8c02c33c289d229996bf2ff186/sdcv-mode.el#L193
>
> defvar sdcv-mode-map
>
>
> So, I'm still confused on the canonical usage of the  feature name and
> its mode's name. Any hints will be highly appreciated.

The feature name is usually related to the file name. Since a single 
file can define several modes, or no mode at all, there is not in 
general an association between feature name and mode name.

User-level packages can use autoload directives as an entry point, so 
that users don't have to guess or look the feature name up.

Best wishes,

Thibaut