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[PATCH] New command 'toggle-mode-line-visibility'

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From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78881: [PATCH] New command 'toggle-mode-line-visibility'
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:35 -0600

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

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>> >> +The mode line is hidden from every major mode change in current buffer.
>> >
>> > This sentence confused me.  What did you mean to say here?
>> 
>> e.g. If you call `toggle-mode-line-visibility` in the scratch buffer and
>> later call `text-mode` in the same buffer, the mode line will become
>> visible again, which is not convenient since this command is meant to
>> enable/disable the mode line per buffer, not per major mode.
>
> So you want to say this:
>
>   Changing the major mode will not display the hidden mode line.
>
> Or maybe simply remove this part: why would someone assume that
> another major mode will override this?  If they won't expect that,
> you don't have to explain that it won't happen.

Agree, I've removed that part.

>> +(define-minor-mode toggle-mode-line-visibility
>> +  "Toggle mode line visibility in current buffer.
>
> I don't see why "toggle" should be in the name.  How about
> mode-line-invisible-mode ?

Fine, I've renamed it to `mode-line-invisible-mode`.

> or hide-mode-line-mode ?

I would have liked to use that name, but there is already a package that
has it.  So I prefer to avoid potential bugs due to the name.

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