GNU bug report logs - #5109
visual-line-mode should not be turned off when changing major mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:20:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 5109-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5109-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: visual-line-mode should not be turned off when changing major mode
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:41:11 -0500

> Should not visual-line-mode function as a kind of emulation of other
> editors? Such minor modes should survive major mode changes (like for
> example cua-mode and viper-mode do).
>
> Currently visual-line-mode is switched off when changing major mode
> (but I do not know how).

Local minor modes never survive major mode changes.  You want
global-visual-line-mode.
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