many .xml files for the User's Manual force xml-mode in emacs

Many (all?) of the XML files for the User's Manual contain the following or similar:

<!-- Emacs stuff:
     ;;; Local Variables: ***
     ;;; mode: xml ***
     ;;; sgml-parent-document: ("users_guide.xml" "book" "chapter" "sect1") ***
     ;;; End: ***
 -->

The "mode:" line, in particular (assuming the user hasn't disabled the feature) overrides the user's choice of mode for XML editing (when the filename ends in .xml or another common XML suffix, anyway). Since I use nxml-mode, not xml-mode, this bothers me.

A quick grep turns up:

cd /home/naesten/hacking/haskell/ghc-hashedrepo/docs/users_guide/
grep -n -e 'mode: xml' --recursive . /dev/null
./runghc.xml:39:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./packages.xml:1271:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./5-00-notes.xml:204:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./using.xml:1848:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./utils.xml:561:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./glasgow_exts.xml:7546:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./license.xml:63:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./ug-book.xml.in:28:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./bugs.xml:404:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./6.0-notes.xml:316:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./debugging.xml:624:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./5-04-notes.xml:285:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./win32-dlls.xml:633:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./5-02-notes.xml:54:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./ghci.xml:2827:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./flags.xml:2341:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./lang.xml:12:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./separate_compilation.xml:1261:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./runtime_control.xml:691:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./intro.xml:304:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./installing.xml:529:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./ffi-chap.xml:523:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./sooner.xml:542:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./parallel.xml:176:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./profiling.xml:1713:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./ug-book.xml:28:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./phases.xml:1071:     ;;; mode: xml ***
./gone_wrong.xml:210:     ;;; mode: xml ***

Of these, probably only the one in ug-book.xml.in is actually useful, since that file doesn't have a name ending in .xml.

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Version	6.9
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Documentation
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\r\n}}}\r\n\r\nThe \"mode:\" line, in particular (assuming the user hasn't disabled the feature) overrides the user's choice of mode for XML editing (when the filename ends in .xml or another common XML suffix, anyway). Since I use {{{nxml-mode}}}, not {{{xml-mode}}}, this bothers me.\r\n\r\nA quick grep turns up:\r\n{{{\r\ncd /home/naesten/hacking/haskell/ghc-hashedrepo/docs/users_guide/\r\ngrep -n -e 'mode: xml' --recursive . /dev/null\r\n./runghc.xml:39: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./packages.xml:1271: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./5-00-notes.xml:204: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./using.xml:1848: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./utils.xml:561: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./glasgow_exts.xml:7546: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./license.xml:63: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./ug-book.xml.in:28: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./bugs.xml:404: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./6.0-notes.xml:316: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./debugging.xml:624: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./5-04-notes.xml:285: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./win32-dlls.xml:633: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./5-02-notes.xml:54: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./ghci.xml:2827: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./flags.xml:2341: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./lang.xml:12: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./separate_compilation.xml:1261: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./runtime_control.xml:691: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./intro.xml:304: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./installing.xml:529: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./ffi-chap.xml:523: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./sooner.xml:542: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./parallel.xml:176: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./profiling.xml:1713: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./ug-book.xml:28: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./phases.xml:1071: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n./gone_wrong.xml:210: ;;; mode: xml ***\r\n}}}\r\n\r\nOf these, probably only the one in {{{ug-book.xml.in}}} is actually useful, since that file doesn't have a name ending in .xml.","type_of_failure":"OtherFailure","blocking":[]} -->