From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 50146@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50146: 26.3; Doc of `MODE-' things created by `define-globalized-minor-mode'
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 18:59:33 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y28uyeje.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488C69E2EACAF87FB561155F3C29@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:46:38 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:46:38 +0000
>
> A user can be puzzled by `C-h v' and `C-h f' completion showing the
> names of variables and functions that get created by macro
> `define-globalized-minor-mode'. `C-h v' and `C-h f' are primary means
> of discovery.
>
> If a user chooses such a name from completion she's not helped, but
> further pushed into puzzlement. She'll see something like this:
>
> foo-mode-set-explicitly is a Lisp function in 'foobar.el'.
>
> (foo-mode-set-explicitly)
>
> And clicking that file-name link won't help at all, but will add to the
> confusion.
>
> Can we not fix this somehow?
Please provide a specific example or two. I tried looking at
global-visual-line-mode, and didn't see anything like what you
describe.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-21 15:46 bug#50146: 26.3; Doc of `MODE-' things created by `define-globalized-minor-mode' Drew Adams
2021-08-21 15:59 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-08-21 16:25 ` bug#50146: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-08-21 16:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-22 14:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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