From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: yary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15659: 24.1; (wishlist) Simple method for preserving minor-mode Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:26:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1382275693 11398 80.91.229.3 (20 Oct 2013 13:28:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15659@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 20 15:28:16 2013 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 1VXt3H-0000BE-Uw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:28:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36141 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt3H-0005gt-Il for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:28:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47135) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt3A-0005gk-KT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:28:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt35-0000J4-SM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44809) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt35-0000Iy-Oi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt34-0001Ud-TX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:28:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: yary Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15659 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15659-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15659.13822756355677 (code B ref 15659); Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15659) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Oct 2013 13:27:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58826 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt2I-0001TT-4l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:27:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-f45.google.com ([74.125.82.45]:58255) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VXt2D-0001TB-S3 for 15659@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id z12so5456629wgg.0 for <15659@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:27:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=SDpa5C74oEeIvJaLeBNKzEAOnj9jqhnZxzem0Rd9Lak=; b=Z8sHFCL0Ecamjjk4gggJZ0yg6alTg2upERPKp3BBULKtrpsAV9dMomcv4T8Uar8Yub hee0vu8Pcya14SDd0Hm/QGf2TTS61Niyt041egek4Yah77YAt1VfDMeZ874ZCddI7DII uRez0iBnooO7PcZFLwoJlvvg15lt+8Bxb59kcY61HVRtaMdrMkhZXUCeMymGUB9fhO8b VNy16oheKVUP2LRGZsOywOiWCQQdH4/ZEkLuDbdyzepyykt8naEk/weYxspn8wKet+Ma Bp2Sj1Gr6RAZp75HKmpEuJm3zkdu+FkMBmyRaq7O2CRnq4WSztk9maOjwH1kiO4agwcK fcng== X-Received: by 10.194.201.225 with SMTP id kd1mr1342591wjc.35.1382275624082; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:27:04 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.83.72 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:26:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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:79418 Archived-At: On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> There are times when I wish to set a minor-mode permanently for a >> buffer, even through major-mode changes. They are display-related >> minor-modes, such as buffer-face-mode or text-scale-mode. > > Indeed, those two should probably be make "permanent local". That's a better solution than prompting people to make permanent those minor-modes themselves, via some new generic method for preserving any minor mode. I can still see a reason to have something like a `:local-variables' keyword for any mode definition, minor or major- to help `desktop save/recover' properly handle the buffer state. Doubtless there would be yet more uses I haven't thought of.