Re: No way to tell what `H' (a minor mode) in the mode line means

[Andreas Schwab]

Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:

|> I turned on hi-lock mode with (hi-lock-mode 1), and then forgot that I
|> did so.
|> 
|> I then noticed that every buffer's mode line had an `H' in the area
|> that shows the minor modes in use.  For example, a text-mode buffer's
|> mode line said
|> 
|>         (Text H Fill)
|> 
|> The `H' was a mystery -- I didn't know what it meant, nor how it got
|> there, nor how to disable whatever minor mode put it there.

You can use C-h m (describe-mode) to find out about the current major
and minor modes.

Andreas.

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