Make minor mode available but not enable

Make minor mode available but not enable

[Heime]

I have a gali-minor-mode which I want to make available but not activate.  
The users can then activate when they wish.

In file falk-gali I add the paths.  Would I need (require 'gali)
to load the gali functionality ?  I do not want gali-minor-mode
to be enabled automatically but only to make the code available
for users to enable it themselves if they wish.
 (defun falk-gali ()
  (add-to-list 'load-path "~/bin/falk/gali")
  (add-to-list 'load-path "~/bin/falk/gali/avus"))

Re: Make minor mode available but not enable

[Eduardo Ochs]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 08:26, Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a gali-minor-mode which I want to make available but not activate.
> The users can then activate when they wish.
>
> In file falk-gali I add the paths.  Would I need (require 'gali)
> to load the gali functionality ?  I do not want gali-minor-mode
> to be enabled automatically but only to make the code available
> for users to enable it themselves if they wish.
>  (defun falk-gali ()
>   (add-to-list 'load-path "~/bin/falk/gali")
>   (add-to-list 'load-path "~/bin/falk/gali/avus"))


Hi Heime,

I guess that you want ":init-value nil", and maybe also ":global t",
in define-minor-mode... this is what I use in eev:

  (define-minor-mode eev-mode
    "(Big docstring)"
    :init-value nil
    :global t
    :lighter " eev"
    :group 'eev)

Cheers,
  Eduardo Ochs
  http://anggtwu.net/eepitch.html