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After looking for a mode for .ini files, I found ini-mode via MELPA, but upon installing it in Emacs 26, there was a message about it being an obsolete mode. What are the alternatives? In my limited testing, conf-mode seems to work for .ini-style files too, but I'm wondering whether there are other solutions that are specifically about .ini files. In terms of functionality, I'm primarily looking for syntax highlighting and indentation.

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  • Primarily opinion-based, and unclear. Should be closed. Define "modern". Define "better". What syntax highlighting and indentation? Etc.
    – Drew
    Apr 24 '20 at 20:11
  • Edited in an effort to make it more objective.
    – mhucka
    Apr 24 '20 at 21:01
  • @mhucka, ini-mode should work with Emacs 26. Which warning message did you get?
    – Lindydancer
    Apr 25 '20 at 19:26
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conf-mode.el says:

This mode is designed to edit many similar varieties of Conf/Ini files and Java properties. It started out from Aurélien Tisné's ini-mode. conf-space-keywords were inspired by Robert Fitzgerald's any-ini-mode.

So conf-mode seems to be what you're looking for (and comes with Emacs).

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  • The help for the conf-mode function (at least in Emacs 26.3) does not mention ini files. I guess I should have looked in the source file!
    – mhucka
    Apr 25 '20 at 2:46

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