From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:55:58 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200209191320.WAA03733@etlken.m17n.org> <200209191346.g8JDkdq07175@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200209200006.JAA04300@etlken.m17n.org> <200209201838.g8KIc8t13414@rum.cs.yale.edu> <20020921020041.GA1545@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032710340 29673 127.0.0.1 (22 Sep 2002 15:59:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, handa@m17n.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, d.love@dl.ac.uk Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17t98M-0007iT-00 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 17:58:58 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17t9oE-0002uT-00 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 18:42:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17t98N-0007Sz-00; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:58:59 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17t95V-0007Fy-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17t95T-0007Fi-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:56:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17t95T-0007Fc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:55:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 17t95S-0001IQ-00; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:55:58 -0400 Original-To: miles@gnu.org In-reply-to: <20020921020041.GA1545@gnu.org> (message from Miles Bader on Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:00:41 -0400) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8096 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8096 > The reason for this little piece of code is so as to call (foo-mode 1) when > people do (setq foo-mode t) in their .emacs and then load foo-mode.el. > But people shouldn't use (setq foo-mode t), they should use (foo-mode 1) > instead anyway. > So I'd rather use that code less often rather than more often. CAn we just get rid of it? I'd rather not do that. It would be an incompatible change, and I don't see enough reason for one.