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When I open a file with extension .plt, emacs behaves in a strange way. For example, I cannot type a space. I believe it has to do with something called the "PLT Package" because that name is displayed at the bottom of my window. However, no such package is listed in my .emacs file or in the list of packages accessible through emacs' menus.

I would simply like to remove/disable this package.

PS: In response to the suggestions so far, here is a screenshot that seems to indicate that "PLT Package" is related to a major mode.

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  • Gnuplot files are often named .plt. – painfulenglish Jun 18 '18 at 16:21
  • what version of emacs and where did you get it from? – dcorking Jun 19 '18 at 14:16
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Emacs has no special behaviour for the .plt file extension by default, so you have most likely added this library in your own config.

Assuming it is a major mode, I suggest using M-: (find-function major-mode) RET in the buffer to locate the library which defines it, which you could then delete (along with any other custom config you have relating to that library).

Make sure you delete the byte-compiled .elc file too, if one exists.

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  • Thanks. Doing what you suggest takes me to the file lisp-mode.el.gz. Is that not a standard component of emacs? – painfulenglish Jun 18 '18 at 14:33
  • It sure is. "PLT Package" clearly isn't the major mode in that buffer (that was a guess on my part, as it wasn't obvious from your question), so most likely it is a minor mode. Type C-h m in the buffer and look for something related in the list of minor modes at the top. The following might tell you: M-: (car (cl-member " PLT Package" minor-mode-alist :key 'cadr :test 'equal)) – phils Jun 18 '18 at 22:16
  • That said, it's curious to me that your .plt buffer must have been in lisp-mode (being the only major mode defined in lisp-mode.el). That may give you further information. Perhaps just use C-h v auto-mode-alist and search with C-s for plt -- if your config is picking up on the file extension, it should be configured in there. – phils Jun 18 '18 at 22:31
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    Thanks! C-h m brings out "PLT Package mode defined in `quack.el': nil". C-h v auto-mode-alist gives " ("\\.plt\\'" . quack-pltfile-mode)". So how do I disable quack? – painfulenglish Jun 19 '18 at 10:22
  • just delete quack.el and quack.elc and remove the config the way phils described (Are you using Debian? In which case, quack comes along with many other useful tools, in emacs-goodies-el packages.debian.org/stretch/emacs-goodies-el . The config is probably in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el ) – dcorking Jun 19 '18 at 10:36

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