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: highlight-changes-mode Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:58:25 -0500 Message-ID: References: <17721.60660.980363.609046@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17725.23383.490888.442550@cube.homenetwork> <17770.17915.319182.723314@cube.homenetwork> <17770.35080.725821.391914@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17782.25188.121126.54191@cube.homenetwork> <17783.21694.919909.627629@cube.homenetwork> <17787.4401.435315.516412@cube.homenetwork> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1165892356 24380 80.91.229.10 (12 Dec 2006 02:59:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:59:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rsharman@pobox.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 12 03:59:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GtxrN-0007d3-QZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:59:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GtxrM-0003I3-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:59:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtxqi-00034F-AC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:58:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtxqg-00032k-VV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:58:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gtxqg-00032X-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:58:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gtxqg-0003fq-LF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:58:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1Gtxqb-0002vG-Bs; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:58:25 -0500 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-reply-to: (storm@cua.dk) 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:63599 Archived-At: > A new variable highlight-changes-mode-turn-off-fn can be set to a > function to be called to [optionally] turn off the mode in a buffer. > If set to nil (the default) the mode is turned off unconditionally. > > I don't object to that mechanism, but the hard question is to choose > the user interface. So let it rest until after the release. Please! Certainly this is for after the release, and we don't have to discuss it now either. The only question for now is what global-highlight-changes-mode should do when turning the mode off. Should we go to trouble to maintain its peculiar behavior, or should we make it like most global major modes.