From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are the criteria for making a minor mode ? Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:59:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9rr0Dgg51MtYPbbebhRKrLwUYtK4qqWiZYFTC2bWnrp4MHlaysV_HVIr8k9t-nIy5DtPLuKVYnMHZSt-NSVpwVvcYwt_Bz756abanQFH_aU=@protonmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17084"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:0EpgBXXT8pRmSuU95x97ASY+o2s= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 26 19:00:00 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sid4S-0004LY-9E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sid4C-0002tX-O8; Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:59:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sid48-0002tB-Ek for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sid47-0005tS-4Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sid44-0003zb-Om for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:59:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147819 Archived-At: > One can just add code to a file and require it. Do remember that loading a file should not significantly change Emacs's behavior (this is a convention on which Emacs relies occasionally to "enthusiastically" load files without an explicit request to do so, e.g. to try and generate a better docstring, or to try and find out what functions that file defines). > Ar make a minor mode. What are the criteria for making a minor mode > justified ? You don't need any justification. You can define as many minor modes as makes you happy. It's cheap, don't hold back. Stefan