From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Narendra Joshi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Major and minor modes Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 19:38:23 +0530 Message-ID: <87mv96aeqw.fsf@gmail.com> References: <5202e0d6-4476-4e97-a5cb-f1ee66d562c3@default> <87poe75i3g.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497708509 15358 195.159.176.226 (17 Jun 2017 14:08:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:08:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 17 16:08:24 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dMEOk-0003hP-TC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:08:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34899 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMEOq-0003zx-5H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:08:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMEOP-0003zs-Np for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMEOL-0006Le-LP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:08:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x241.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::241]:34837) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMEOL-0006Ky-FI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:07:57 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pf0-x241.google.com with SMTP id s66so10607428pfs.2 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:07:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version; bh=qoLrmB0gIJYaMo8W7VzAaCEXce7hOYG44KdgFjNxCxQ=; b=s/VXeWssQ/vDsvJ/SzODt+c8Mt0T/2z7gAHQzP1YIqNw/XEIzyCntUzIvmA0OWbGs9 uDoEa4fdhccrvO7Fw0E1xqENSJ2ldteUo4+QYW7TzWA0RL2E7ClfCxDd0Skd8kQ71pCh l00xv9qu3lbLXjbJ5pqEu1hYKYhZ4nzSGXdO83rE45bzFV0MAqBf0zPEae54VySYkfo2 GD8kvetJo1UKlL4+4y37erSz0zWuA6mTjwcDV+uybAady5Sn9iIr2oLr3t4EFPn8mf33 NxNdb8RJPkdoVj3ZQ0EX0cHIS2iMLlNLXMzZvasOoCOrhiPEWKVugInO6MqC4J5+Urgj QNFQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=qoLrmB0gIJYaMo8W7VzAaCEXce7hOYG44KdgFjNxCxQ=; b=FZ/6bN/mbhVU/KeKfwr2R2556l/OL3t/35s7+TcTpqaW1sWVulydSusAlUiJX29A+m cdFgeLgNbq3cbLbNAjHxEPchgKXM+iwtgPEtIMScY4g8eOsZKwlfYLw1YVWXequp07yh TqaJeMLRNRHC0zk9+EVsrNtIWJ2ckdYjw9JAEkzWXvnpKcWEdXpt+Ox/CuRdj/FbpO5i oAO0arpMezdWr2TKaUFpH202KeRH/hzPFZye2zU5vGRAaVC94ApwJB4FlfpVIsIzFZUM zxmxY9k0PDqGZIyQ5RQEUyFmhLkovoYpzWS2Om4jJDZB4vicfguKwDkg9ozcW86YfhcW 6Teg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOzwFo5aSFbZ8kR9k9SOR7PDQOYnNLDN44x8RjZr/KfhmMLvNVon wADIKtTbWcVqUnW6 X-Received: by 10.84.168.3 with SMTP id e3mr10035682plb.283.1497708476386; Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:07:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from vicarie ([182.70.107.131]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x124sm2041612pgb.20.2017.06.17.07.07.54 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:07:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87poe75i3g.fsf@debian.uxu> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:05:55 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::241 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113511 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Drew Adams writes: > >> A minor mode can be buffer-specific (local) or not >> (global). Minor-mode key bindings override >> major-mode key bindings. > > Good point. This goes against the intuition of some > people who think what is bigger should be the boss, > period. > > One can think of it like a compass needle. It works on > the magneticism of Earth itself. However put a small > magnet next to it, and it will override the entire > planet! It is thoughtworthy. Wow! This is an awesome analogy. I really like it. :) > I suppose the "size" in this matter isn't the size > alone but also the *proximity*, just like with Emacs > major and minor modes, the minor mode being closer to > the user... -- Narendra Joshi