Rémi Vanicat <[email protected]> writes: >> But how do I get the auto-mode-alist tweaked to made this the default >> mode for .vala files? > > Thinking about it, it would be normal that the automatic autoload > generation does it. And indeed, there are ";;;autoload" stanzas for it > in vala-mode.el, at least in vala-mode as downloaded from melpa. There > are not in the debian package, but you just need to add > ;;;###autoload > alone on its line in vala-mode.el before each line you want in the > autoload file.
Thanks for thinking that through Rémi. I checked another couple files, and indeed there are ;;;###autoload cookies for the auto-mode-alist changes. So I guess patches with ;;;###autoload cookies if necessary. It does seem like something could be upstreamed in most cases. d
