Re: ELPA: New package: nano-modeline

[Nicolas P. Rougier (inria)]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> > It might be possible to make it a minor mode (with some extra 
> > work)
> > but it seems counter-intuitive (to me) to have this as a
> > minor-mode. But I've no strong opinion actually.
>
> How come? A minor mode usually modifies the behaviour or 
> appearance of
> Emacs. Think of menu-bar-mode, scroll-bar-mode, etc.

Yes, I think it is just a misconception from myself.


> But the main reason I mention this is that a minor mode is
> reversible. If someone were to download nano-modeline and try it 
> out,
> they would have to restart their Emacs session to reset it.

This the part I did not want to write (but I will do it).

Nicolas