From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Minor mode hook run when mode is deactivated?
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 01:15:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d01tr5l1.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
Hi,
I recently ran into a problem that was apparently caused by a
minor mode hook being run when the mode is deactivated.
Counter-intuitive as that may be (to me, at least), a quick look
at the code for `define-minor-mode` seems to suggest that it's in
fact correct.
Is there a rationale behind this? I noticed in the code that there
are actually two more hooks, `<mode>-on-hook` and
`<mode>-off-hook`, which according to a comment in the code are
there for backward compatibility only. Which suggests that someone
at some point thought about these things and made a conscious
decision to this effect.
Which in turn makes me wonder what the rationale was for that
decision. :-) Also, I haven't been able to find any info on this
in the Elisp and Emacs manuals. Aren't minor modes supposed to be
turned off?
TIA
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
next reply other threads:[~2020-10-07 23:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-07 23:15 Joost Kremers [this message]
2020-10-07 23:45 ` Minor mode hook run when mode is deactivated? Stefan Monnier
2020-10-08 6:44 ` Joost Kremers
2020-10-08 13:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-08 14:33 ` Joost Kremers
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