Subject: Re: bug#30978: 25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define mode-lighter variable

From: Howard Melman <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:10:00 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> It's already pretty easy to just alter the lighters -- just say:
>
> (setcar (cdr (assoc 'foo-mode minor-mode-alist)) "whatever")

Maybe include an example of disabling a lighter in the elisp
manual (where minor-mode-alist is mentioned).  E.g.,

    (setcar (cdr (assoc 'eldoc-mode minor-mode-alist)) "")

I realize this is "pretty easy" lisp but it's not a simple
setq and I think non-lispers might want to do this.

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Howard