[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#8416: closed (easy-mmode.el -- enhance define-minor-mode to define turn-on-* and turn-off-* functions)

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define turn-on-* and turn-off-* functions
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regarding easy-mmode.el -- enhance define-minor-mode to define turn-on-* and 
turn-off-* functions
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> easy-mmode.el -- enhance define-minor-mode to define turn-on-* and	turn-off-* functions
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> Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:42:03 +0300
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> Package: emacs
> Version: 23.2+1-7
> Severity: wishlist
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> It would be nice if the define-minor-mode would also define functions:
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>     turn-on-*
>     turn-off-*
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> An example:
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>     ;; lisp/hl-line.el
>     (define-minor-mode hl-line-mode ...)
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> That would make it possible to add to ~/.emacs:
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>     (add-hook 'nroff-mode-hook 'turn-on-hl-line-mode)
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>     ;; Or later:
>     (remove-hook 'nroff-mode-hook 'turn-on-hl-line-mode)
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> This would be much more cleaner than what is needed now:
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>     (add-hook 'nroff-mode-hook '(lambda () (turn-on-hl-line-mode 1)))
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>     ;; the hook removal command is as messy
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> Architecture: amd64
> Kernel: Linux picasso 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 
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> Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
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> Re: bug#8416: easy-mmode.el -- enhance define-minor-mode to define	turn-on-* and turn-off-* functions
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> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:32:03 -0400
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> > It would be nice if the define-minor-mode would also define functions:
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> >     turn-on-*
> >     turn-off-*
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> 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).
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> > This would be much more cleaner than what is needed now:
> >     (add-hook 'nroff-mode-hook '(lambda () (turn-on-hl-line-mode 1)))
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> As mentioned, the above is not needed any more:
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>   (add-hook 'nroff-mode-hook 'hl-line-mode)
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> will work just fine.
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> The turn-off-foo is rarely needed in my experience.
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>         Stefan
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