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26.1; (elisp) `Minor Mode Conventions'

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 34678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34678: 26.1; (elisp) `Minor Mode Conventions'
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:22:40 -0800 (PST)

> > 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.

Did someone say that cross-references 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.

Did someone say that it had to?

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