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bug#41884: 27.0.91; `C-h f whitespace-mode' doesn't say that it's a mino
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#41884: 27.0.91; `C-h f whitespace-mode' doesn't say that it's a minor mode |
Date: |
Sun, 2 Aug 2020 09:27:41 -0700 (PDT) |
> > The doc string for a minor mode should tell
> > you it's a minor mode.
>
> Should all minor modes say this? Because there are more examples of
> modes that don't, such as:
> - display-line-numbers-mode
> - whitespace-newline-mode
>
> This is just from taking a quick look.
Yes, IMO they should. Otherwise, how will
users know? (OK, there are ways...)
Knowing a command is a minor mode is very
important to understanding its use. It's
could even be argued that it's the most
important thing to know about it.
____
More generally, I think a failing of some
minor-mode doc strings is that they don't
tell you the basics of what the doc string
of `define-minor-mode' tells you, e.g. how
to turn the mode on/off, both interactively
and from Lisp.
This related problem has been taken care of
here and there over the years, bit by bit,
from bug reports etc. But I think the
problem is still present here and there.
Anyway, this bug report is only about
`whitespace-mode'. If someone wants to
fix its problem along with that of other
minor-mode commands, please do.