Re: master 6458e16: New mode outline-cycle-minor-mode with Orgmode-like TAB cycling on headings

[Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>]

>>> One example (mostly for demonstration purposes) currently is
>>> in etc/compilation.txt. whose Local Variables contains just:
>>>
>>>   ;;; eval: (outline-cycle-highlight-minor-mode)
>>>
>>> Initially I implemented this only with variables and without modes
>>> like you suggested:
>>>
>>>   ;;; outline-minor-mode-cycle: t
>>>   ;;; outline-minor-mode-highlight: t
>>>   ;;; eval: (outline-minor-mode 1)
>>>
>>> But then thought that maybe with a mode would be more concise and convenient.
>
> Can't you add setting the variables to the minor-mode hooks?

It's easier to set them using minor-mode like

  (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'outline-cycle-highlight-minor-mode)

than using lambda

  (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook
    (lambda ()
      (setq-local outline-minor-mode-cycle t)
      (setq-local outline-minor-mode-highlight t)
      (outline-minor-mode 1)))

> I haven't tried your code, but there are occasions in which
> outline-minor-mode is used to section the buffer on syntactic elements
> that are already fontified (on function declarations, for example). What
> does happen then when outline-minor-mode-highlight is t? I think these
> would be cases in which outline-minor-mode-highlight nil would be better.

outline-minor-mode-highlight already works surprisingly well,
and doesn't override faces added by major mode.