Re: How global is a define-global-minor-mode mode?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Richard Stallman wrote:
> [I sent this message a few days ago but did not get a response.
> Could we get the discussion moving again?]
>
>     I am trying to use define-global-minor-mode, see below. I have 
>     customized the global mode to be t, but when I open new buffers the 
>     minor mode is not set in them. Is this a bug in define-global-minor-mode?
>
> My impression is that the global mode defined with
> define-global-minor-mode does not affect all buffers to be created in
> the future.  It only catches buffers created by visiting files.
>
> If so, I think what is needed is to add this to the documentation of
> define-global-minor-mode.
>
>     Globally enabling the mode also affects buffers subsequently created
>     by visiting files, but not buffers subsequently created in other ways.
>
> Can anyone confirm that this is right?
>   

I believe the problem is that the setup of the hook functions is not 
done as expected. I have my global minor mode set to t in customize, but 
I do not found the global mode hook functions in the hook after startup. 
(The global minor mode is t.)

I think Drew said that the documentation for define-global-minor-mode 
needs some enhancement. I think that too, especially something could be 
mentioned about the difference using :global t with define-minor-mode.

BTW, it looks to me that there is no way to catch creation of new buffers.