GNU bug report logs - #9819
24.0.50; Docstring of `define-minor-mode' and KEYMAP

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Deniz Dogan <deniz <at> dogan.se>

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:00:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.0.91

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Deniz Dogan <deniz <at> dogan.se>
Cc: 9819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9819: 24.0.50; Docstring of `define-minor-mode' and KEYMAP
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:13:44 -0400

Deniz Dogan wrote:

>      If KEYMAP is not a symbol, this also defines the variable MODE-map.
[...]
> The way I interpret that is: if I don't pass a KEYMAP argument, it will
> define a variable named `MODE-map'.

nil is a symbol. :(
If you pass a keymap argument that is not a symbol, eg:

:keymap '(("\C-a" . foo-command)

then a `foo-mode-map' variable will be defined and given that map as its
value.
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