Re: "Encoded-kbd"

[Stefan Monnier]

> > From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 03:57:15 -0700 (MST)
> > 
> > One easy alternative is not to mention this in the mode line at all.
> 
> That'd be the only minor mode that doesn't place something on the mode
> line: an inconsistency someone will surely complain about at some
> point.

Huh?  There are many such minor modes already.
font-lock, mwheel, paren, iswitchb, auto-image, hl-line, delsel
and probably a lot more which simply don't call themselves minor-modes
although they behave like one.

The "rule" seems to be that minor-modes which are global and are
typically turned on once and for all in the .emacs file don't
deserve to use mode-line space.


        Stefan