GNU bug report logs - #6276
Could indent-tabs-mode etc be made minor modes?

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 17:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 6276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6276: Could indent-tabs-mode etc be made minor modes?
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
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