From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 7177@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7177: Global minor modes might tell there is a variable in the doc string
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 04:17:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANbX364jD31UAjn1zCFLfJT-n+D6Vk2EELJogff5hMbg4gFo9Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m31uy8nzmd.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 23:26, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Global minor modes might tell there is a corresponding customizable
>> variable in the doc string.
>>
>> I think especially new users would benefit from that.
>
> Do (new) users really need to know that? To switch the minor modes off
> and on, you don't really need to be aware that there are variables that
> correspond to the minor modes.
Yes, you do because you can not customize (i.e. turn them on by
default) them otherwise.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-03 2:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-08 17:29 bug#7177: Global minor modes might tell there is a variable in the doc string Lennart Borgman
2011-07-02 21:26 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-03 2:17 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2011-07-03 2:35 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-03 2:43 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-07-14 14:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 20:08 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 20:25 ` Lennart Borgman
2019-10-01 14:45 ` bug#5029: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
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