Re: [vile] backup-style in submode definition

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, address@hidden wrote:

> It seems that for this particular setting it makes sense to have a global
> value that is inherited unless explicitly set on a buffer?

That's what buffer modes do.  There's a "global" value which is applied to
buffers that don't have a "local" value set.  The "global" that I referred
to before is a different type of global (also referred to in vile as 
"universal").

Soon's I dig my way out of a hole I'm stuck in with ncurses, I'll spend 
3-4 days and cleanup my backlog for vile (this one is small).

> For right now I've used the '+' command flag when running vile from mutt in
> order to disable backups when sending mail.

> On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 06:41:07PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, address@hidden wrote:
> >
> > > I have a few settings that are executed when vile is entering the 'mail'
> > > submode.  The following works fine.
> > >
> > > ~with define-submode mail
> > >   ts=8
> > >   tabinsert
> > >   wrapwords
> > > ~endwith
> > >
> > > If the backup-style is present, like so.
> > >
> > > ~with define-submode mail
> > >   backup-style=off
> > >   ts=8
> > >   tabinsert
> > >   wrapwords
> > > ~endwith
> > >
> > > I receive the following error:
> > >
> > > [No match for 'backup-style']
> > > [Illegal submode name: backup-style]
> > >
> > > How do I set the backup-style based on the submode definition?
> >
> > backup-style is a global mode, while submodes only work for buffer-modes.
> >
> > Whether a mode is global-, buffer-, or window- is related to how it's
> > implemented in the code as well as the expected uses for it.
> >
> > This particular case would be only a few lines of code to change.
> >
> > Some of the global modes clearly have to be that way (for instance,
> > the xterm-mouse mode, which would be difficult to switch on a per-buffer
> > basis), while others are global because there's been no apparent reason
> > to make them apply differently to different buffer types.
> >
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