Subject: Re: bug#41781: 27.0.91; [PATCH] Eldoc describes the wrong function when reading an expression from the minibuffer

From: Daniel Koning <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:58:11 -0500

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

> Then you'd create an `emacs-lisp-minibuffer-mode` by deriving from
> some "normal" `minibuffer-local-mode`.

Do you suppose it might be sensible to rename `minibuffer-inactive-mode'
to `minibuffer-local-mode' right away (or `minibuffer-mode',
`minibuffer-base-mode', or some such)? While preserving the old name as
an alias, of course.

Right now, unless overridden by eshell or another package like it, the
minibuffer is always in `minibuffer-inactive-mode', and it's kind of
confusing that an active minibuffer calls itself inactive when you ask
for its major mode.

Daniel