Re: turn-on-*-mode

[Sam Steingold]

> * Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> [2006-05-16 16:52:51 +0200]:
>
> And for non-interactive use, doing (*-mode 1) and (*-mode -1) is the
> preferred interface.
> There are also a number of "toggle-" functions, which IMO is a much
> better interface (just one function, with a simple common prefix).

I think I should have been more clear about the background.
Yes, in a program, (*-mode *) is better.
Yes, interactively, M-x *-mode is better.

The only situation where the turn-on-*-mode functions are really needed
is hooks:
   (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
is much better than
   (add-hook 'text-mode-hook (lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1)))

Maybe minor modes that are commonly enabled from hooks should have their
turn-on-* versions?

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