GNU bug report logs - #41781
27.0.91; [PATCH] Eldoc describes the wrong function when reading an expression from the minibuffer

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Message #20 received at 41781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Koning <dk <at> danielkoning.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 41781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41781: 27.0.91; [PATCH] Eldoc describes the wrong function
 when reading an expression from the minibuffer
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:58:11 -0500

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> 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

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