From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@online.de>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no>,
Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>, Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: why is which-function-mode global?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:31:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F89985A.2090406@online.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sjg6bfmb.fsf@gnu.org>
Am 14.04.2012 15:35, schrieb Chong Yidong:
> I assume it because if you want that functionality anywhere, you're like
> to want it everywhere, so enabling it in individual buffers would be a
> pain.
>
> Nowadays it'd probably be handled with a buffer-local mode plus a
> globalized mode, but I think it predates define-globalized-minor-mode.
>
>
IMO exist reasons to have it buffer-local rather.
Remember several reports of slowness from CEDET in past.
We have a similar situation now at python-mode.el, however with certain files only, i.e with very large definitions.
That might make Emacs slow, without user being aware of the reasons.
Cheers,
Andreas
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-14 8:51 why is which-function-mode global? Leo
2012-04-14 13:10 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2012-04-14 13:35 ` Chong Yidong
2012-04-14 15:31 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
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