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23.1.50; define-global-minor-mode and a new fundamental buffer

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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
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: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:29:17 +0900

In article <jwvr5r5fu9v.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> > 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.

Ok, I see.  I wrote that to the bug list of gettext/po-mode.el.

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Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org

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