From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: global minor modes that can be overridden locally? Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:25:46 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167467245 30742 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2006 08:27:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:27:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 30 09:27:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H0ZYo-0003zq-4z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:27:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0ZYn-000784-AW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0ZYW-000767-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0ZYU-00074u-SQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0ZYU-00074r-M5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1H0ZYU-0005QC-4v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id kBU8QxDG002735 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:26:59 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id kBU74ehW024163 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:26:59 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-64-116.vpn.oracle.com by rcsmt251.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2325600641167467153; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:25:53 -0700 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= 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:64481 Archived-At: > Perhaps define-globalized-minor-mode would be a better name > than define-global-minor-mode. Do people think that is better? You've got my vote. And let's fix the doc string, if it is indeed inaccurate to say "Make global-mode out of the buffer-local minor mode." At least that sounds an awful lot like what some object to in the name `make-minor-mode-global'.