From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: org-mode and mode hooks. Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:23:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87y8a3mnz8.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87ll63weye.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200505252135.j4PLZvt26969@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87hdgrufcl.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200505260359.j4Q3xbj28809@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87is16rsid.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200505261501.j4QF17h00246@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87psveq60w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200505271717.j4RHHGD07067@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200505290157.j4T1vus10117@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200505292354.j4TNsTE13354@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506010233.j512XjZ21741@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117647007 28004 80.91.229.2 (1 Jun 2005 17:30:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, mmaug@yahoo.com, Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl, dominik@science.uva.nl Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 01 19:30:03 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdX1H-0004EK-6G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:28:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdX6b-0004KP-KX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:34:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DdX4g-0003PW-Nj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:32:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DdX4b-0003Mr-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdX4X-0003HT-WC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DdWzU-0005UO-7R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:26:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DdWwV-0001I6-8I; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:23:47 -0400 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200506010233.j512XjZ21741@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Tue, 31 May 2005 21:33:45 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:37999 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37999 No, but what _really_ matters is that it is completely impossible for define-minor-mode to reliably keep track of what major mode the minor mode was set up for, What is the difficulty? Please explain the reasons for this claim. Any function could potentially set up the minor mode for a given major mode, not just the minor mode function. I do not understand what you're talking about. Font Lock is a pretty wild example of that. Would you please be specific?