Re: [vile] backup-style in submode definition

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, address@hidden wrote:

> I have a few settings that are executed when vile is entering the 'mail'
> submode.  The following works fine.
>
> ~with define-submode mail
>    ts=8
>    tabinsert
>    wrapwords
> ~endwith
>
> If the backup-style is present, like so.
>
> ~with define-submode mail
>    backup-style=off
>    ts=8
>    tabinsert
>    wrapwords
> ~endwith
>
> I receive the following error:
>
> [No match for 'backup-style']
> [Illegal submode name: backup-style]
>
> How do I set the backup-style based on the submode definition?

backup-style is a global mode, while submodes only work for buffer-modes.

Whether a mode is global-, buffer-, or window- is related to how it's
implemented in the code as well as the expected uses for it.

This particular case would be only a few lines of code to change.

Some of the global modes clearly have to be that way (for instance,
the xterm-mouse mode, which would be difficult to switch on a per-buffer
basis), while others are global because there's been no apparent reason
to make them apply differently to different buffer types.

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