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bug#18992: 24.4; describe-mode
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#18992: 24.4; describe-mode |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:35:29 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
> Well, but of course having the mode functions printed in `describe-mode'
> wouldn't hurt anyway. This patch does that:
[...]
> With that, in this message buffer I get:
>
> Message mode (`message-mode') defined in `message.el':
> Major mode for editing mail and news to be sent.
> Like Text Mode but with these additional commands:
I don't think this is an improvement. It risks confusing more than it
helps, especially for beginning users.
We can already say `C-h v major-mode RET' which to my mind is wholly
sufficient for anyone who needs to know the value of the `major-mode'
variable.
> With the following patch, the same would be done for the active minor
> modes, too:
[...]
> However, in contrast to major-modes, minor mode names tend to be much
> longer, so we can get some long lines like:
>
> Global-Edit-Server-Edit minor mode (`global-edit-server-edit-mode'; no
> indicator):
I think this is even less of an improvement.
I suggest to close this as wontfix. If I don't see any objections,
I'll just go ahead and do that within a couple of weeks. Please send
any opinions on this issue before then.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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