From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 30978@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#30978: 25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define mode-lighter variable
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:27:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmwadno8.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sgcdft5w.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:22:51 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>> I think this makes sense -- define-minor-mode would define a
>>> buffer-local variable, I guess, that the users could set to change the
>>> lighter?
>>>
>>> Like... `FOO-mode-lighter' or something? Any opinions?
>>
>> Yes, it sounds like a good idea.
>>
>> I'm not sure why you propose that it should be buffer-local though.
>> Wouldn't one want to configure this globally by default?
>
> Hm... yes, a global variable makes more sense. I was thinking that
> somebody would want a different lighter in different buffers, but that
> does sound rather unlikely.
Does anybody else have an opinion here? The suggestion is to make
define-minor-mode define a `foo-mode-lighter' variable that users can
then change to easily change the lighters.
Or do we have a separate mechanism for this somewhere?
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-25 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-28 20:11 bug#30978: 25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define mode-lighter variable Howard Melman
2019-07-14 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <CADwFkmk-oFgHAwgcZ=-utkBU303x4vF9c9vkuUfpkPinL7Q0KQ@mail.gmail.com>
2020-08-23 12:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-25 14:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-06-25 22:57 ` Phil Sainty
2021-07-25 7:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-25 16:43 ` Howard Melman
2021-07-28 15:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-28 19:10 ` Howard Melman
2021-07-29 12:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-28 20:00 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
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