Subject: bug#19853: Acknowledgement (25.0.50; ElDoc is displayed whether eldoc-mode is enabled or not)

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:25:11 +0200

On 03/20/2016 08:21 PM, Michael Heerdegen wrote:

> I think it's simpler that way: `global-eldoc-mode' adds its stuff to the
> global hook bindings.  Thus toggling the global mode has an instant
> effect on all buffers.  The globalized local eldoc mode would only have
> an effect in new buffers or after changing the major mode.

That's not true: turning off a globalized mode turns off the related 
minor mode in all buffers. So, instant effect as well.

The current implementation, however, is not "simpler": both modes set up 
hooks. For some reasons, they also do that in slightly different ways.

> What exactly is this bug report about (this question, or the statement
> in the subject, for which you didn't provide a recipe)?

I did provide a recipe, in the bug description.