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bug#33076: 26; `read-only-mode' messages
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#33076: 26; `read-only-mode' messages |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:49:00 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> This is output by the define-minor-mode machinery:
>
> (if (called-interactively-p 'any)
> (progn
> ,(if (and globalp (not variable))
> `(customize-mark-as-set ',mode))
> ;; Avoid overwriting a message shown by the body,
> ;; but do overwrite previous messages.
> (unless (and (current-message)
> (not (equal ,last-message
> (current-message))))
> (let ((local ,(if globalp "" " in current buffer")))
> (message ,(format "%s %%sabled%%s" pretty-name)
> (if ,getter "en" "dis") local)))))
>
> So it looks easy enough to change, but it's a change that would affect
> all minor mode. Do we want all interactive minor modes to message the
> buffer names? I don't know what I think of it myself.
>
> Perhaps mainly because some buffer names are so long that this would
> increase the echo area sometimes, which is slightly annoying.
After thinking about this for a year, I've come to the conclusion that
this would be more annoying than informative, so I'm closing this as a
"wontfix".
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