From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc of defining minor modes Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:40:33 -0400 Message-ID: <8764k2km3f.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148056925 4042 80.91.229.2 (19 May 2006 16:42:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 16:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 19 18:42:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fh833-0007iR-Up for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 18:41:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fh833-00056a-OD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fh82s-00056M-C5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fh82q-00055A-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fh82q-000557-P1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.34] (helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fh86C-0000pI-0d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:45:12 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.53.195.38]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060519164143.TVDD29052.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 21F8DD91BB; Fri, 19 May 2006 12:40:33 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 19 May 2006 08:59:34 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:54819 Archived-At: > A simple, standalone, external library that defines a minor mode. The user > alone can load the library. (I don't see how it could be loaded > automatically, since it is unknown to Emacs until it is loaded.) The user > simply loads the library, turning on the mode automatically. > Where's the problem? The problem is that we can't integrate such a package into Emacs without first fixing this behavior. So of course we don't encourage that. Stefan