define-minor-mode in lispref.

define-minor-mode in lispref.

[Lute Kamstra]

The node Defining Minor Modes in the Lisp Reference Manual states that
defining global minor modes using define-minor-mode is not possible.
Yet later on it explains how to use the keyword :global to do just
that.  What about the following change?

Lute.


*** lispref/modes.texi	9 Feb 2005 15:50:36 -0000	1.88
--- lispref/modes.texi	21 Feb 2005 15:09:09 -0000
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*** 1,7 ****
  @c -*-texinfo-*-
  @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
! @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004
! @c   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
  @setfilename ../info/modes
  @node Modes, Documentation, Keymaps, Top
--- 1,7 ----
  @c -*-texinfo-*-
  @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
! @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 
! @c   2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
  @setfilename ../info/modes
  @node Modes, Documentation, Keymaps, Top
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*** 1098,1105 ****
  @subsection Defining Minor Modes
  
    The macro @code{define-minor-mode} offers a convenient way of
! implementing a mode in one self-contained definition.  It supports only
! buffer-local minor modes, not global ones.
  
  @defmac define-minor-mode mode doc [init-value [lighter [keymap keyword-args... body...]]]
  @tindex define-minor-mode
--- 1098,1104 ----
  @subsection Defining Minor Modes
  
    The macro @code{define-minor-mode} offers a convenient way of
! implementing a mode in one self-contained definition.
  
  @defmac define-minor-mode mode doc [init-value [lighter [keymap keyword-args... body...]]]
  @tindex define-minor-mode

Re: define-minor-mode in lispref.

[Richard Stallman]

Please install your change.  Thanks for noticing the error.