From: Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra@cwi.nl>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Suggestion for hl-line.el
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 13:59:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sgdfznoib59.fsf@occarina.pna.cwi.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200305081448.h48EmnZd019230@rum.cs.yale.edu> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 08 May 2003 10:48:49 -0400")
"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu> writes:
>> Do you want that changing hl-line-sticky takes effect immediately,
>> or the next time the mode is turned on? The first case would
>> require an unhighlight function on pre-command-hook whenever
>> hl-line-mode is turned on. Just in case sticky is set to t. The
>> second case can, in case hl-line-sticky is t, do without an
>> unhighlight function on pre-command-hook, which should be faster.
>
> It's up to you. If I were you I'd ask the user to re-exec
> hl-line-mode for a new value of hl-line-sticky to take effect.
>
>>> Better yet: make the buffer-local mode sticky, but the global mode
>>> non-sticky.
>>
>> Do you like to have this behavior instead of a hl-line-sticky
>> variable (easier), or in addition to such a variable (more
>> difficult)?
>
> Probably "instead". But here again it's up to you.
>
>> The global mode is currently defined in terms of the local mode
>> (courtesy of easy-mmode-define-global-mode). I don't easily see how a
>> non-sticky global mode can piggyback on a sticky local mode like that,
>> so it probably needs to be implemented directly.
>
> I think the global mode should be implemented directly, using the
> global part of post/pre-command-hook. But guess what.... it's up to
> you ;-)
Well, if it's up to me... I like the idea of one local mode that is
governed by a hl-line-sticky-flag variable and one non-sticky global
mode that is implemented directly. I guess nobody will want to use a
sticky global mode.
Is it OK if I boldly go ahead and commit such a change?
Lute.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-09 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-07 12:33 Suggestion for hl-line.el Lute Kamstra
2003-05-07 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-08 7:00 ` Lute Kamstra
2003-05-08 14:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-09 11:59 ` Lute Kamstra [this message]
2003-05-15 13:32 ` Lute Kamstra
2003-05-15 15:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-16 10:07 ` Lute Kamstra
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