GNU bug report logs - #1527
scroll-bar-mode should use define-minor-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:15:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 1527-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 1527-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 22.2.50; doc strings: menu-bar-mode scroll-bar-mode tool-bar-mode
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:11:39 +0100

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 02:43, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>> Actually, `(scroll-bar-mode 0)' does turn on the mode.
>
> Does it?  Sounds like a bug.

Fixed.

> Could someone make it use
> define-minor-mode to avoid such inconsistency.

scroll-bar-mode is not well suited to define-minor-mode, because the
controlling variable is tri-state.

    Juanma
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