Re: Moving handlers out of desktop.el

[Juri Linkov]

Lars Hansen <address@hidden> writes:
> Juri Linkov wrote:
>>if `Info-mode' was able to set a literally visited Info file to Info mode,
>>then no handler would be needed in desktop.el, because just calling
>>`Info-mode' from `desktop-buffer-file' on a restored Info file would do
>>exactly what `desktop-buffer-info' currently does.
>>
>>If all other special modes would do the same then no new variable like
>>`desktop-buffer-mode-handlers' will be needed.
>>  
> This is true for buffers visiting a file only. It would not work for
> dired buffers.

Why not?  Calling (find-file-noselect directory-name) creates a buffer
in Dired mode.

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Juri Linkov
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