GNU bug report logs - #18992
24.4; describe-mode

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 09:18:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.4

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>, Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 18992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18992: 24.4; describe-mode
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 07:57:36 -0800 (PST)

> Well, but of course having the mode functions printed in `describe-
> mode' wouldn't hurt anyway.  This patch does that:

This is an improvement.

> However, in contrast to major-modes, minor mode names tend to be
> much longer, so we can get some long lines like:
> 
> Global-Edit-Server-Edit minor mode (`global-edit-server-edit-mode';
> no indicator):

Yes, that violates *Help* conventions.  It is better to use this
(or similar):

;; Document the minor modes fully.
(insert pretty-minor-mode)
(princ (format " minor mode:\n(`%s'; %s)\n"
       mode-function
       (if (zerop (length indicator))
           "no indicator"
         (format "indicator%s" indicator))))
(save-excursion
  (fill-region-as-paragraph
    (line-beginning-position 0) (line-end-position 0) nil t t))
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 183 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.