Subject: Re: bug#8416: easy-mmode.el -- enhance define-minor-mode to define turn-on-* and turn-off-* functions

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:32:03 -0400

> It would be nice if the define-minor-mode would also define functions:

>     turn-on-*
>     turn-off-*

In Emacs-24, the `foo-mode' function of a minor mode *is* the
turn-on-foo-mode function (at least when called non-interactively
without an argument, e.g. on a normal hook).

> This would be much more cleaner than what is needed now:
>     (add-hook 'nroff-mode-hook '(lambda () (turn-on-hl-line-mode 1)))

As mentioned, the above is not needed any more:

  (add-hook 'nroff-mode-hook 'hl-line-mode)

will work just fine.

The turn-off-foo is rarely needed in my experience.

        Stefan