[debbugs-tracker] bug#9819: closed (24.0.50; Docstring of `define-minor-mode' and KEYMAP)

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> 24.0.50; Docstring of `define-minor-mode' and KEYMAP
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> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:57:49 +0200
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> I read in the docstring of `define-minor-mode':
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> Optional KEYMAP is the default keymap bound to the mode keymap.
>   If non-nil, it should be a variable name (whose value is a keymap),
>   or an expression that returns either a keymap or a list of
>   arguments for `easy-mmode-define-keymap'.  If KEYMAP is not a symbol,
>   this also defines the variable MODE-map.
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> :keymap MAP     Same as the KEYMAP argument.
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> The way I interpret that is: if I don't pass a KEYMAP argument, it will
> define a variable named `MODE-map'.  However, this doesn't happen when I
> use this code:
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> (define-minor-mode helo-track-minor-mode
>   "Global minor mode for tracking activity in helo buffers."
>   :init-value nil
>   :lighter ""
>   :global t
>   :group 'helo
>   [...]
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> Am I misunderstanding the docstring or is this a bug?
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> Deniz
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> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:37:28 -0400
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> Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
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> Version: 24.0.91
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> I have tried to clarify the doc-string.
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