[Pkg-octave-devel] Re: Inappropriate user-level configuration in system files

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>]

* Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se> [2005-10-17 13:57]:

> Package: octave2.1-emacsen
> Version: 2.1.69-1
> 
> The octave-emacsen package installs a startup file
> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50octave.el which among other things contains
> 
> (add-hook 'octave-mode-hook
>           (lambda ()
>             (abbrev-mode 1)
>             (auto-fill-mode 1)
>             (if (eq window-system 'x)
> 		(font-lock-mode 1))))
> 
> This is *not* an appropriate place to modify user preferences such as
> the use of font-lock-mode. The user who wants their emacs windows to
> look like christmas trees can use global-font-lock-mode in their
> .emacs file. If there should be a system default for such things that
> is different than the standard emacs default settings, that belongs in
> in default.el or the emacsen-common package, not in the system files
> for some random emacs addon package.
> 
> Installing the octave-emacsen package should only install the octave
> mode, and not fiddle with user preferences. It took me quite some time
> to figure out why I suddenly had font-lock mode enabled in my emacs.

I tend to agree with the bug submitter on this issue.  Dirk, since you
are the original author of 50octave.el, I would like to know your
opinion.

-- 
Rafael