GNU bug report logs - #76687
global-hi-lock-mode prompts on its own help

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Message #29 received at 76687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: dancol <at> dancol.org, 76687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76687: global-hi-lock-mode prompts on its own help
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 13:39:38 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 13:56:37 -0500
>> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 76687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> Perhaps as simple as adding help modes to hi-lock-exclude-modes?  It looks like hi-lock mode exclusion
>> logic might need a little improvement to honor derived modes.
>
> Any reason why Help mode should be exempt from global-hi-lock-mode?
> This bug report shows a single instance of that mode which perhaps
> needs to be fixed, so why disable the mode for all of the Help
> buffers?

First, isn't the bug here that you get a prompt despite there being no
Hi-lock lines?  Why would you prompt in that case?

Second, and orthogonally, perhaps special-mode should be in
hi-lock-exclude modes by default.

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