From: Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Major and minor modes
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:05:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87poe75i3g.fsf@debian.uxu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5202e0d6-4476-4e97-a5cb-f1ee66d562c3@default
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> A minor mode can be buffer-specific (local) or not
> (global). Minor-mode key bindings override
> major-mode key bindings.
Good point. This goes against the intuition of some
people who think what is bigger should be the boss,
period.
One can think of it like a compass needle. It works on
the magneticism of Earth itself. However put a small
magnet next to it, and it will override the entire
planet! It is thoughtworthy.
I suppose the "size" in this matter isn't the size
alone but also the *proximity*, just like with Emacs
major and minor modes, the minor mode being closer to
the user...
--
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-14 4:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-13 23:58 Major and minor modes M.R.P.
2017-06-14 0:43 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-14 1:49 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-14 3:49 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-14 3:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-15 4:58 ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-06-14 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-14 21:58 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-14 23:10 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-15 13:33 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-15 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-15 15:16 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-16 2:09 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-16 3:07 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-16 4:44 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-16 5:13 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-16 5:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-16 6:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-16 8:02 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-06-16 4:34 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 4:05 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2017-06-17 14:08 ` Narendra Joshi
2017-06-19 4:43 ` Krishnakant
2017-06-14 6:21 ` Krishnakant
2017-06-14 7:37 ` Phillip Lord
2017-06-14 1:54 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 7:40 ` Héctor Lahoz
2017-06-14 8:19 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 8:51 ` tomas
2017-06-14 9:25 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 9:36 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 9:58 ` tomas
2017-06-14 10:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 11:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 11:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-06-14 12:19 ` tomas
2017-06-14 14:15 ` Barry Margolin
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