From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: doc of defining minor modes
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 14:28:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87u07lkh1d.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICOEFKDGAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 19 May 2006 10:43:16 -0700")
> I don't think it's worth the trouble to write a long explanation.
> It's perfectly OK to have arguments and features marked as
> "don't ever use this unless you really know what you're doing".
> It's more like "don't use this if you _know_ what you're doing and your
> library is exceptional" (large, complex, coupled with other libraries,
> preloaded,...).
You seem to want to document the technical problems that may come up.
I have no interest in doing that. All I know is that it tends to create
problems so we discourage minor modes that are enabled by default.
If you can come up with a good reason why it may be *useful* (as opposed to
harmless) to have a minor mode enabled by default, please enlighten us.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-19 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-18 16:38 doc of defining minor modes Drew Adams
2006-05-18 17:00 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-05-18 17:22 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-18 17:47 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-18 17:55 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-18 18:03 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-18 18:10 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-18 18:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-05-18 22:12 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 3:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-05-18 20:38 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-18 22:11 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-18 22:36 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-19 0:01 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 0:25 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-19 1:44 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 6:20 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-19 17:39 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 15:59 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 16:29 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-19 17:45 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 18:43 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-05-19 16:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-05-19 17:43 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 17:52 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-19 18:28 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2006-05-19 1:49 ` Miles Bader
2006-05-18 17:07 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-18 17:55 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 2:05 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-19 15:59 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-19 16:40 ` Stefan Monnier
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