GNU bug report logs - #10754
define-minor-mode and doc of derived mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:04:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.0.93

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #39 received at 10754 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Shahid <jvshahid <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 10754 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10754: define-minor-mode and doc of derived mode
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 23:19:23 +0000
Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> I think we can avoid it by looking for the presence of ARG in
> the docstring

I think this can work, but it doesn't feel very elegant or obvious from
the pov of the caller of `define-minor-mode'. What's wrong with adding
an extra keyword arg ?

> (or by simply always adding it, and then going through
> the various minor modes and remove the corresponding text from their
> docstrings).

I think this change needs to be backward compatible. There could be
other callers that aren't packaged with Emacs.




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