From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Major and minor modes Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:05:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87poe75i3g.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <5202e0d6-4476-4e97-a5cb-f1ee66d562c3@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497413197 17052 195.159.176.226 (14 Jun 2017 04:06:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 04:06:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 14 06:06:31 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKzZf-000494-El for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:06:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46269 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKzZk-0006Ns-Fn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:06:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34659) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKzZI-0006Nn-Fm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:06:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKzZE-0002aC-HV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:06:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=34988 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dKzZE-0002a0-A9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dKzZ6-0002Sj-Ph for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:05:56 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:2K8fRJrX+BojxpUDdyWcLGD/HKo= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113443 Archived-At: Drew Adams 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