GNU bug report logs - #30978
25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define mode-lighter variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:13:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Found in version 25.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 30978 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30978 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30978: 25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define
 mode-lighter variable
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:31:27 +0200

Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I agree that packages like delight, dim and diminish (and I
> just learned about blackout) mostly exist because there
> wasn't a "trivial" or "easy and regular" way to do this and
> don't see how they're "more complete" than the proposal.. 

It's already pretty easy to just alter the lighters -- just say:

(setcar (cdr (assoc 'foo-mode minor-mode-alist)) "whatever")

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