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26.1; (elisp) `Minor Mode Conventions'

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Message #11 received at 34678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 34678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34678: 26.1; (elisp) `Minor Mode Conventions'
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:18:42 +0200

> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:09:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> It also wouldn't hurt to add a reference to node
> `Minor Mode Conventions' from node `Major Mode
> Conventions'.
> 
> Perhaps add a mention in node `Major Mode Conventions'
> similar to this one in (elisp) `Minor Mode Conventions':
> 
>   In addition, several major mode conventions
>   apply to minor modes as well: those regarding
>   the names of global symbols, the use of a hook
>   at the end of the initialization function, and
>   the use of keymaps and other tables.

I don't see why: cross-references don't have to be symmetrical.  We
refer to another node for details of something mentioned in passage,
but that other node doesn't have to provide a cross-reference back.

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