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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 55451@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55451: 28.1.50; Executing (jit-lock-mode -1) does not disable jit-lock-mode
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 17:00:36 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mtfdd3ln.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czg94opq.fsf@localhost> (message from Ihor Radchenko on Thu, 19 May 2022 21:49:21 +0800)

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,  55451@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 21:49:21 +0800
> 
> > Yes.  Moreover, it's hardly worth the hassle: who would switch off
> > jit-lock, except for debugging jit-lock?  Most people will never do,
> > which is very unlike every minor mode out there -- those are switched
> > on and off all the time.  It isn't an accident that we don't have the
> > "M-x jit-lock-mode" command.
> 
> That's exactly the situation I had:
> 1. Tried M-x jit-lock-mode. Did not work. Understandable - special minor
>    mode.
> 2. M-: (jit-lock-mode -1). No error. Executed.
> 3. Tried to debug something assuming that jit-lock is disabled.
> 4. After several minutes, realised that jit-lock is still working.

But the doc string already caters to your use case:

  If you need to debug code run from jit-lock, see `jit-lock-debug-mode'

> I would not expect users to read minor mode docstring every time to
> check if the usual convention is broken.

Users don't need to turn off jit-lock.  People who want to debug it,
OTOH, _are_ expected to read the doc string.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-19 14:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-16 14:00 bug#55451: 28.1.50; Executing (jit-lock-mode -1) does not disable jit-lock-mode Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-16 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-17 18:03   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-18 11:46     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-18 17:27       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-18 17:41         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-19 13:49           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-19 14:00             ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-05-20  8:13               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-05-19 23:13           ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-20  6:55             ` Eli Zaretskii

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