Subject: Re: bug#7177: Global minor modes might tell there is a variable in the doc string

From: Lennart Borgman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 04:17:44 +0200

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 23:26, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Global minor modes might tell there is a corresponding customizable
>> variable in the doc string.
>>
>> I think especially new users would benefit from that.
>
> Do (new) users really need to know that?  To switch the minor modes off
> and on, you don't really need to be aware that there are variables that
> correspond to the minor modes.

Yes, you do because you can not customize (i.e. turn them on by
default) them otherwise.