GNU bug report logs - #59600
28.1.90; Docstrings generated by `define-globalized-minor-mode' and `define-minor-mode' :global t are not same

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Message #14 received at 59600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: yantar92 <at> posteo.net, 59600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59600: 28.1.90; Docstrings generated by
 `define-globalized-minor-mode' and `define-minor-mode' :global t are not
 same
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 19:46:34 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>,  59600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:38:33 -0500
> 
> [ Nitpick: "define-minor-mode :global t" does not (usually) define
>   a "globalized mode" but rather it defines a "global mode".  ]
> 
> >> For example, `auto-save-visited-mode' is a global minor mode, but no
> >> clear indication of this fact is given. It did cause confusion for some
> >> users.
> >> 
> >> Expected: :global t clearly indicates that the mode is global.
> >
> > Adding Stefan to the discussion.
> 
> Not much to say, but I agree it makes sense for the docstring to state
> the scope of the mode (global, buffer-local, younameit).

Patches to the macro that defines the modes are welcome.

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