Re: Is that change a good idea?

[Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de>]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:16:41PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > 	* help.el (describe-mode): Allow a :minor-mode-function property to
> > 	specify a different minor mode toggle function than the variable.
> > 	* simple.el (auto-fill-function):
> > 	* subr.el (add-minor-mode): Use it.
> 
> > I have my doubts that the resulting flexibility is really in the best
> > interest of the users...
> 
> 100% agreement.
> It's only meant to clean up the code,

Wouldn't it be far more cleaner to convert old minor-modes which would
need this hack to proper minor-modes following standard semantics?

> not as a new feature.

I would guess: when its there, it will be used...

btw. I posted a patch, convertinge auto-fill-function to a standard
minor-mode (thus addressing the same problem) earlier this week, but
got no response -- was it _that_ bad?

cheers
sascha
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