Subject: bug#19853: closed (eldoc-mode vs. global-eldoc-mode (was: bug#19853))

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:02:02 +0000

Your bug report

#19853: 25.0.50; ElDoc is displayed whether eldoc-mode is enabled or not

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: eldoc-mode vs. global-eldoc-mode (was: bug#19853)
From: Marcin Borkowski <[email-masked]>
To: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>, Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:00:53 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 2015-07-21, at 17:48, Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Why is global-eldoc-mode a separate mode, instead of being
> a "globalized" eldoc-mode?

This is a good question, and I'd like to know the rationale for the
existence of both of them, too.  I'm forwarding it to help-gnu-emacs and
closing the bug at ths same time.

Best,

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Marcin

Subject: 25.0.50; ElDoc is displayed whether eldoc-mode is enabled or not
From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:56:32 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

1. emacs -Q
2. M-: eldoc-mode => nil
3. Type (defun |), see the function signature in the echo area.
4. M-x eldoc-mode makes no difference either way.

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.4 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.12.2)
 of 2015-02-07 on axl
Repository revision: 7eb2077f9dd14ae9d70a12c621151afd50ea6e96
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11601901
System Description:	Ubuntu 14.10