Activating a minor-mode

Activating a minor-mode

[angelomolina--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Have a minor mode with the following code.  I want to enable `F11` to execute `voyager-sweep`.

But having difficulty get the minor mode to function.  Would I need an `add-hook` ? 

Have added the following

(defun typex-toro-voyager ()
  "Launches toro voyager."
  (add-to-list 'load-path "~/Opstk/bin/arktika")
  (require 'toro "toro-voyager"))

(typex-toromona-voyager)

Here is the relevant code that defines the minor-mode.

(defun voyager-keytrigger ()
   "Set keybinding for changing mode"
   (global-unset-key [f11])
   (global-set-key (kbd "<f11>") 'voyager-sweep) )

;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode toro-minor-mode
  "todo"
  :lighter " toro"  ; indicator in mode-line

  (set-face-attribute 'font-lock-comment-face nil
     :weight (face-attribute 'default :weight))

  (when toro-minor-mode  ; evaluates true when mode enabled
    (set-face-attribute 'default nil :weight 'bold)
    (toro-voyager-keytrigger)  ))

Re: Activating a minor-mode

[angelomolina--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

I also want to activate the minor-mode globally.  How could I activate a minor-mode globally?



Mar 14, 2022, 18:13 by help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org:

> Have a minor mode with the following code.  I want to enable `F11` to execute `voyager-sweep`.
>
> But having difficulty get the minor mode to function.  Would I need an `add-hook` ? 
>
> Have added the following
>
> (defun typex-toro-voyager ()
>   "Launches toro voyager."
>   (add-to-list 'load-path "~/Opstk/bin/arktika")
>   (require 'toro "toro-voyager"))
>
> (typex-toromona-voyager)
>
> Here is the relevant code that defines the minor-mode.
>
> (defun voyager-keytrigger ()
>    "Set keybinding for changing mode"
>    (global-unset-key [f11])
>    (global-set-key (kbd "<f11>") 'voyager-sweep) )
>
> ;;;###autoload
> (define-minor-mode toro-minor-mode
>   "todo"
>   :lighter " toro"  ; indicator in mode-line
>
>   (set-face-attribute 'font-lock-comment-face nil
>      :weight (face-attribute 'default :weight))
>
>   (when toro-minor-mode  ; evaluates true when mode enabled
>     (set-face-attribute 'default nil :weight 'bold)
>     (toro-voyager-keytrigger)  ))
>

RE: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Drew Adams]

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> I also want to activate the minor-mode globally.
> How could I activate a minor-mode globally?

I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
___

Have you tried to *ask Emacs*?

Start with `C-h f define-minor-mode'.

Check the Emacs manual, with `i minor mode'.

Check the Elisp manual, with `i minor mode':

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Defining-Minor-Modes.html
___

You'll generally get more, and better, help from Emacs itself.

And having _tried_ to *ask Emacs* you'll generally get more, and better, help from mailing lists and online Q&A.

(Just a suggestion - unsolicited, free advice.)

And no, it's not obvious at the outset how to ask Emacs.  But that's really the first, and the most empowering, thing to learn.

Ask Emacs how to ask Emacs...
Ask Elisp how to ask Elisp...

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Re: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[tomas]

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On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 09:55:42PM +0000, Drew Adams wrote:
> > I also want to activate the minor-mode globally.
> > How could I activate a minor-mode globally?
> 
> I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!

I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(

Cheers
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t

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Re: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:28:12 +0100
> From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
> 
> > I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
> 
> I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(

Your Emacs wasn't compiled with libfalafel, which is an optional
feature.

Re: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[tomas]

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On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 04:08:58PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:28:12 +0100
> > From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
> > 
> > > I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
> > 
> > I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(
> 
> Your Emacs wasn't compiled with libfalafel, which is an optional
> feature.

Darn, that is part of openkiosk, which doesn't install cleanly on
my computer ;-)

Cheers
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t

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RE: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Drew Adams]

> > > I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
> >
> > I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(
> 
> Your Emacs wasn't compiled with libfalafel, which is an optional
> feature.

Optional, but _necessary_.

Re: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:05:17 +0000
> Accept-Language: en-US
> 
> > > > I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
> > >
> > > I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(
> > 
> > Your Emacs wasn't compiled with libfalafel, which is an optional
> > feature.
> 
> Optional, but _necessary_.

Only if you like falafel.

Re: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:56:55 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
    >> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:05:17 +0000
    >> Accept-Language: en-US
    >> 
    >> > > > I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
    >> > >
    >> > > I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(
    >> > 
    >> > Your Emacs wasn't compiled with libfalafel, which is an optional
    >> > feature.
    >> 
    >> Optional, but _necessary_.

    Eli> Only if you like falafel.

Some people like falafel, some people like sabich. Canʼt we all just
get along?

Robert
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RE: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Drew Adams]

> > > > > I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
> > > >
> > > > I tried M-x falafel. It didn't work :-(
> > >
> > > Your Emacs wasn't compiled with libfalafel,
> > > which is an optional feature.
> >
> > Optional, but _necessary_.
> 
> Only if you like falafel.

Perhaps the condition is really:

  unless you don't like falafel
      OR falafel doesn't like you

Some people might love falafel, but after
eating it they feelawful.  Allergies or
otherwise.

(I falafel just voicing that possibility.)

Re: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[tomas]

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On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 07:49:01PM +0000, Drew Adams wrote:

[...]

> Some people might love falafel, but after
> eating it they feelawful [...]
                 ^^^^^^^^^

*snort*

Now I'm lucky I wasn't having a coffee (or, Zeus forbid, a Tzatziki).
That would be all over my keyboard.

Cheers
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t

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RE: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[angelomolina--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Mar 14, 2022, 21:55 by drew.adams@oracle.com:

>> I also want to activate the minor-mode globally.
>> How could I activate a minor-mode globally?
>>
>
> I also want a falafel.  Or a burrito.  And a beer.  Right now!
> ___
>
> Have you tried to *ask Emacs*?
>
> Start with `C-h f define-minor-mode'.
>
> Check the Emacs manual, with `i minor mode'.
>
> Check the Elisp manual, with `i minor mode':
>

It only describes how to code and define a minor-mode rather than using.  Because of the utility
of using a minor-mode, I do not see some focused information on how to construct and use a
minor-mode using some examples.  There is only an introduction to lisp but is quite basic.





> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Defining-Minor-Modes.html
> ___
>
> You'll generally get more, and better, help from Emacs itself.
>
> And having _tried_ to *ask Emacs* you'll generally get more, and better, help from mailing lists and online Q&A.
>
> (Just a suggestion - unsolicited, free advice.)
>
> And no, it's not obvious at the outset how to ask Emacs.  But that's really the first, and the most empowering, thing to learn.
>
> Ask Emacs how to ask Emacs...
> Ask Elisp how to ask Elisp...
>

RE: [External] : Re: Activating a minor-mode

[Drew Adams]

>> I also want to activate the minor-mode globally.
>> How could I activate a minor-mode globally?
>
> Start with `C-h f define-minor-mode'.
> Check the Emacs manual, with `i minor mode'.
> Check the Elisp manual, with `i minor mode':
>
> It only describes how to code and define a minor-mode rather than using.  Because of the utility
of using a minor-mode, I do not see some focused information on how to construct and use a
minor-mode using some examples.  There is only an introduction to lisp but is quite basic.

Your knowledge is what is quite basic.
Nothing wrong with that; we're all ignorant.

You just don't know how to ask Emacs well yet.
Learn that better - it's the key to the lock.

* Is the minor mode defined for use globally,
  e.g. defined with :global t?

* If not, is there a globalized version of the
  minor mode (`define-globalized-minor-mode')?

* If not, can you define your own globalized
  version of it, and use that?

* If not, can you turn on the minor mode in mode hooks?

All of these possibilities are covered in the doc.
And the source code defining the mode tells you
more (everything).