Subject: bug#6276: Could indent-tabs-mode etc be made minor modes?

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 16:32:55 -0400

> I just saw on EmacsWiki a list of minor modes that do not have a
> command for turning them on, for example indent-tabs-mode.  This is
> instead a defcustom.

> Could this be turned into a global minor mode, for example with
> something like

Sounds OK to me.

> (define-minor-mode indent-tabs-mode
>   "test"
>   :global t
>   :variable indent-tabs-mode)

I'd rather keep the :variable uses to a minimum.
In the case of indent-tabs-mode, maybe the better course of action is to
move `indent-to' and `indent-tabs-mode' from C to Lisp.

        Stefan