Re: master 6a2cdc6: Allow minor modes to specify major modes they're useful in

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> That would certainly be nice, but I didn't see how to make that work
>> here -- :noninteractive would be misleading, since :interactive
>> (foo-mode) makes it interactive.
>
> How 'bout `:inhibit-interactive` or `:not-a-command`?

And add another keyword for :applicable-modes?  That seems even more
complicated...

>> So :interactive t and leaving the keyword out results in identical
>> results, and I don't think that's too bad.  If you squint at it, it's a
>> bit Common Lispish.
>
> That's a part of Common-Lisp that I don't like.

I love that bit -- it allows us to never use parameters like not-foo,
which are fraught with misunderstanding.

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