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24.3; [PATCH] follow-minor-mode now has an indicator in the modeline

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
Cc: 18397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18397: 24.3; [PATCH] follow-minor-mode now has an indicator in the modeline
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:12:20 +1100

Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net> writes:

> Hi. Here's a tiny patch to add a modeline indicator when using
> follow-minor-mode
>
>>From fcb11c6bd6b02aa42ff4fe3c62ba5cb2add8cede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:10:38 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] follow-minor-mode now has an indicator in the modeline
>
> ---
>  lisp/follow.el | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/follow.el b/lisp/follow.el
> index ddb25be..5ab8f10 100644
> --- a/lisp/follow.el
> +++ b/lisp/follow.el
> @@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ This command runs the normal hook `follow-mode-hook'.
>  Keys specific to Follow mode:
>  \\{follow-mode-map}"
>    :keymap follow-mode-map
> +  :lighter " Follow"

This seems like a pretty uncontroversial change, but not all minor modes
(especially the more "global" ones) create a lighter, because that would
be a lot of ... mode line stuff.

I don't use follow mode myself, so I don't know.  Opinions?

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