Further tweak previous files.el change.

* lisp/files.el (hack-local-variables): In the MODE-ONLY case, try to
ignore minor modes.

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 1d560ac..24a0e0a 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -3147,7 +3147,9 @@ DIR-NAME is the name of the associated directory.  Otherwise it is nil."
 (defun hack-local-variables (&optional mode-only)
   "Parse and put into effect this buffer's local variables spec.
 If MODE-ONLY is non-nil, all we do is check whether a \"mode:\"
-is specified, and return the corresponding mode symbol, or nil."
+is specified, and return the corresponding mode symbol, or nil.
+In this case, we try to ignore minor-modes, and only return a
+major-mode."
   (let ((enable-local-variables
         (and local-enable-local-variables enable-local-variables))
        result)
@@ -3226,17 +3228,20 @@ is specified, and return the corresponding mode symbol, or nil."
                    (let* ((str (buffer-substring beg (point)))
                           (var (let ((read-circle nil))
                                  (read str)))
-                          val)
+                          val val2)
                      ;; Read the variable value.
                      (skip-chars-forward "^:")
                      (forward-char 1)
                      (let ((read-circle nil))
                        (setq val (read (current-buffer))))
                      (if mode-only
-                         (if (eq var 'mode)
-                             (setq result
-                                   (intern (concat (symbol-name val)
-                                                   "-mode"))))
+                         (and (eq var 'mode)
+                              ;; Specifying minor-modes via mode: is
+                              ;; deprecated, but try to reject them anyway.
+                              (not (string-match
+                                    "-minor\\'"
+                                    (setq val2 (symbol-name val))))
+                              (setq result (intern (concat val2 "-mode"))))
                        (unless (eq var 'coding)
                          (condition-case nil
                              (push (cons (if (eq var 'eval)