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bug#36501: 26.2; (elisp) `Defining Minor Modes'
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#36501: 26.2; (elisp) `Defining Minor Modes' |
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Mon, 08 Jul 2019 22:31:41 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> But this doc says:
>
> It puts the variable 'hungry-mode' into custom group 'hunger'.
>
> Does that happen? Even if I define a `hunger' group before evaluating
> those `define-minor-mode' sexps I don't see that `M-x customize-group'
> gets you to variable `hungry-mode'. But I didn't test much, e.g. with
> different `defgroup' definitions for group `hungry'.
I tested a bit, and I think you're right.
> My guess is that (1) `:group 'hunger' should be removed from the
> examples and (2) the doc should not say that variable `hungry-mode'
> is put "into custom group `hunger'. It should not give the impression
> that var `hungry-mode' is a user option.
I've now done so.
> I also think it's not so important to show two full examples for the
> buffer-local mode, and it might be good to show an example for a global
> mode - perhaps even two: (1) using `define-minor-mode' and (2) using
> `define-globalized-minor-mode'.
The two examples are demonstrations of the short, non-explicit form and
the longer, explicit forms, so I think that's useful.
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