GNU bug report logs - #2473
usability issues on emacs's describe-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:45:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 575

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #90 received at 2473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>, 2473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2473: usability issues on emacs's describe-mode
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 03:50:32 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> OTOH, I agree that many of the above modes shouldn't be there.
> More specifically, I think that the above list should only list
> buffer-specific information, i.e. only minor modes which are
> buffer-local.
>
> The global minor modes could still be present in the *Help* buffer, but
> then only at the very end, after the major mode and after the
> buffer-local minor modes.

I've now done something along these lines in Emacs 29.

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