GNU bug report logs - #29972
25.3; dired-hide-details-mode does not persist in desktop session

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 01:14:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.3

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 #20 received at 29972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 29972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29972: 25.3; dired-hide-details-mode does not persist in
 desktop session
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:16:17 +0200

> From: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:02:21 +0000
> Cc: 29972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Actually I would question why we have minor modes not added to minor-mode-alist at all just because both
> lighter and keymap are missing.

Because minor-mode-alist is for displaying an indication of a minor
mode in the mode line?

> What do you think about changing define-minor-mode?

IMO, a better idea is to find out why desktop.el requires a minor mode
to be in minor-mode-alist before it saves it.  Is there really a
justification for that?
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