Re: global minor modes that can be overridden locally? [was:highlight-changes-mode]

[Richard Stallman]

    I think I disagree, if you mean that M-x foo-mode should toggle locally.
    With that design:

    . If there were no buffers where it was defined locally, then M-x foo-mode
    would still toggle everywhere (global).

    . If there were buffers where it was defined locally, then M-x foo-mode
    would toggle differently, depending on where it was invoked:

      - toggle only locally, if invoked in a buffer with a local value
      - toggle globally, if invoked in a buffer with no local value

I never advocated anything where the same command sequence would
sometimes be local and sometimes be global, so I think there is a
misunderstanding somewhere.