bug#30978: 25.3; Suggestion: define-minor-mode should define mode-lighter variable

[Howard Melman]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> It's already pretty easy to just alter the lighters -- just say:
>
> (setcar (cdr (assoc 'foo-mode minor-mode-alist)) "whatever")

Maybe include an example of disabling a lighter in the elisp
manual (where minor-mode-alist is mentioned).  E.g.,

    (setcar (cdr (assoc 'eldoc-mode minor-mode-alist)) "")

I realize this is "pretty easy" lisp but it's not a simple
setq and I think non-lispers might want to do this.

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Howard