From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#30978: 25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define mode-lighter variable Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:40:36 +0200 Message-ID: <874l3ou42z.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="52790"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 30978@debbugs.gnu.org To: Howard Melman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 14 15:41:08 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hmekV-000Dbw-HU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:41:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60554 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmekU-0003DQ-9M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:41:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmekR-00035c-7c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:41:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hmekQ-0004gP-7j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:41:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35203) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hmekQ-0004g9-4S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:41:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmekP-00031x-Ua for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 30978 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 30978-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B30978.156311164211610 (code B ref 30978); Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 30978) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2019 13:40:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44024 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmek5-00031C-MI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:40:41 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:52044) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmek4-000315-Ju for 30978@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:40:40 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hmek1-0002gy-14; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:40:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Howard Melman's message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:11:52 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:162981 Archived-At: Howard Melman writes: > Some packages define a user option to let users configure > the lighter string used in the mode-line, but some just use > a hard coded string. Packages such as diminish, delight and > dim exist to help customize these. > > The define-minor-mode macro creates keymaps and other things > to help mode authors follow conventions. If it created a > mode-lighter user option when passed in a string (and not a > symbol) then users would have an easier time configuring > their mode-line without having to find and install a package > to do so. I think this makes sense -- define-minor-mode would define a buffer-local variable, I guess, that the users could set to change the lighter? Like... `FOO-mode-lighter' or something? Any opinions? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no