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26.3; Doc of `MODE-' things created by `define-globalized-minor-mode'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 50146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50146: 26.3;
 Doc of `MODE-' things created by `define-globalized-minor-mode'
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 18:59:33 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:46:38 +0000
> 
> A user can be puzzled by `C-h v' and `C-h f' completion showing the
> names of variables and functions that get created by macro
> `define-globalized-minor-mode'.  `C-h v' and `C-h f' are primary means
> of discovery.
> 
> If a user chooses such a name from completion she's not helped, but
> further pushed into puzzlement.  She'll see something like this:
> 
>   foo-mode-set-explicitly is a Lisp function in 'foobar.el'.
> 
>   (foo-mode-set-explicitly)
> 
> And clicking that file-name link won't help at all, but will add to the
> confusion.
> 
> Can we not fix this somehow?

Please provide a specific example or two.  I tried looking at
global-visual-line-mode, and didn't see anything like what you
describe.

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