Re: Specifying mode in file variables trouble

[Richard M. Stallman]

    > The mechanism is just part of this.  We also need an interface.  There
    > are lots of minor mode definitions, and we want them to be simple and
    > clean.
    > 
    > So please propose a change in minor mode definitions so as to do the
    > job.  Then we can evaluate it and maybe propose better alternatives.

    I think the suggestions above may be sufficient, but that might be just
    because of lack of imagination/knowledge of Emacs ;-)

Please show how you would change a few of the existing minor mode definitions
to specify what to do here.