From: Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de>
Subject: Re: Is that change a good idea?
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:24:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050318082442.GA4710@kenny.sha-bang.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv64zpsyvk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:16:41PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > * help.el (describe-mode): Allow a :minor-mode-function property to
> > specify a different minor mode toggle function than the variable.
> > * simple.el (auto-fill-function):
> > * subr.el (add-minor-mode): Use it.
>
> > I have my doubts that the resulting flexibility is really in the best
> > interest of the users...
>
> 100% agreement.
> It's only meant to clean up the code,
Wouldn't it be far more cleaner to convert old minor-modes which would
need this hack to proper minor-modes following standard semantics?
> not as a new feature.
I would guess: when its there, it will be used...
btw. I posted a patch, convertinge auto-fill-function to a standard
minor-mode (thus addressing the same problem) earlier this week, but
got no response -- was it _that_ bad?
cheers
sascha
--
Sascha Wilde : "Lies, was ich meine, nicht, was ich schreibe."
: (Urs Traenkner in de.alt.admin)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-18 8:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-17 22:07 Is that change a good idea? David Kastrup
2005-03-17 22:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-03-18 8:24 ` Sascha Wilde [this message]
2005-03-18 13:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-03-18 14:07 ` David Kastrup
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