From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32643: 26; minor-mode variables Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:13:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: <<<3ce888af-aa04-4dd2-99b5-0882e37024f3@default> >> <<<494224f1-815f-4fb4-a779-75e243b519f0@default>>> <<<83sh2mwv8w.fsf@gnu.org>>> <<488f04e4-8389-459b-b3c7-603e48bed452@default>> <<83lg8ewk2c.fsf@gnu.org>> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1536383531 28176 195.159.176.226 (8 Sep 2018 05:12:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 05:12:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 32643@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 08 07:12:07 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1fyVXT-0007FE-7M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 07:12:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41325 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVZZ-0001DL-EU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:14:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50078) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVZQ-0001C4-PM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:14:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVZL-0000X5-B8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44968) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVZK-0000QW-34 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVZJ-0000lH-S3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:14:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 05:14:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32643 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 32643-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32643.15363836022858 (code B ref 32643); Sat, 08 Sep 2018 05:14:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32643) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Sep 2018 05:13:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49986 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVYg-0000k1-Jk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:13:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56165) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVYe-0000jg-U8 for 32643@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:13:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVYY-0005xT-Ib for 32643@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVYT-0005qo-Qu; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fyVYT-0003oh-KO; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:13:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Thu, 6 Sep 2018 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:150130 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > No, according to the convention the shoe is on the other foot. > Why should it not have a variable > Why should `auto-fill-mode' be an exception? Because it isn't straightforward to do that. It may be possible with some work. Would you like to write the change? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)