On Wed, Nov 26 2008, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
I would prefer to implement turn-on/turn-off file pseudo-variables
(like 'mode' and 'eval').
The justification for turn-on-... (and turn-off-...) is/was that is
simplifies adding it to a hook:
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
... is much easier for average users than ...
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook (lambda () (flyspell-mode 1)))
It is/was a common mistake to add toggles like ...
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'auto-fill-mode)
Bye, Reiner.
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