Re: doc of defining minor modes

[Stefan Monnier]

> A simple, standalone, external library that defines a minor mode. The user
> alone can load the library.  (I don't see how it could be loaded
> automatically, since it is unknown to Emacs until it is loaded.)  The user
> simply loads the library, turning on the mode automatically.
> Where's the problem?

The problem is that we can't integrate such a package into Emacs without
first fixing this behavior.  So of course we don't encourage that.


        Stefan