GNU bug report logs - #5153
23.1.50; define-global-minor-mode and a new fundamental buffer

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>

Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:50:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 4887

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #23 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Cc: 5153 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5153: 23.1.50; define-global-minor-mode and a new fundamental buffer
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:53:55 -0500

> It seems that the global minor mode defined by
> define-global-minor-mode doesn't work in a newly created
> buffer of fundamental mode.

> Isn't this a bug?

I think it's not, tho it's obviously a misfeature.  I think the best
answer is to say that a buffer that is intended to be displayed to the
user should call a major-mode function.  If there's no specific
major-mode for it, it should call fundamental-mode.


        Stefan
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 201 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.