Re: Disabling minor mode after setting imenu-generic-expression

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

On Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 at 5:15 PM, Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 at 02:01, Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Have set 'imenu-generic-expression' for a buffer when it is in 'emacs-lisp-mode'
> > using '(eq major-mode'. But how do I revert back to the initial sate after disabling
> > the minor mode ? What should 'tema-disable-function' do exactly ?
> 
> 
> You have been asking this question every day for the last week (I
> might be exaggerating a bit) and got no answers. This should cue you
> to the idea that the functionality you seek is not well suited to be a
> minor mode.

I already have a minor-mode and I want to add this functionality to it.
There should be nothing bad about doing this.

The imenu-generic-expression is customarily set by the major-mode, but I want
to change it, and then revert back when the mode is disabled. 

 
> You have also not explained why you want different imenu settings at
> different times. 

I want to have matching regexp types in a buffer that I want to match
besides the standard "(defun" thing, but which would not always be needed.  

> So your question is an instance of XY problem — you have a need that 
> you are not telling us, you have a feeling that it might be solved in 
> a particular way, and you’re asking about that way.

I do not see it the way you describe.