From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18992: 24.4; describe-mode Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 08:35:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5fa3b66b-53a0-4049-bc52-bf7c51f92d4b@default> References: <545DDF6C.9000901@easy-emacs.de> <871tpdvk10.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> <545E3CBE.2080001@easy-emacs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415464596 19778 80.91.229.3 (8 Nov 2014 16:36:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:36:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18992@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= , Tassilo Horn Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 08 17:36:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn900-0008Cm-Hu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:36:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36247 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn900-0005Uz-68 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:36:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57599) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn8zo-0005Sb-PP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:36:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn8za-0003gl-4q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:36:16 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56635) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn8za-0003gh-2D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn8zZ-00053C-Ok for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:36:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18992 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18992-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18992.141546455719405 (code B ref 18992); Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18992) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Nov 2014 16:35:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53848 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn8zV-00052v-HG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:26286) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xn8zT-00052n-F0 for 18992@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:35:55 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id sA8GZrfk019134 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:35:54 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sA8GZqQb012166 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:35:53 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sA8GZqn7012161; Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:35:52 GMT In-Reply-To: <545E3CBE.2080001@easy-emacs.de> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:95726 > What about mentioning the variable at stake, i.e. "major-mode: " > resp. "minor-mode: " in format-function? > As said, repeating the rather arbitrary mode-line string doesn't > contribute, is confusing. There is no variable `minor-mode'. And users can find out about=20 `major-mode' elsewhere.