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24.0.50; doc of define-minor-mode incomplete wrt mode hooks

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 6337 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#6337: 24.0.50; doc of define-minor-mode incomplete wrt mode hooks
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:10:58 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> The doc (doc string and Elisp manual) speaks about the MODE-hook, where
>> MODE is the name of the minor mode.  But it does not mention that there
>> is also a `MODE-on-hook' and a `MODE-off-hook'.  That is, if you define
>> those hook variables they to will be processed by the mode command.
>
> They're only supported for historical reasons.  We could/should probably
> get rid of them.

This doesn't seem like a bug, then, so I'm closing this report.

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