RE: How to apply a minor mode to all buffers

[Drew Adams]

> So there is no simple way to just make it apply to all buffers?  There's
no
> "all-modes-hook" or anything like that?

There is `change-major-mode-hook'.

> Can I make edits to the mode to make it global?  I'm thinking about
> margin.el, which uses the command margin-mode.

I don't know the answer. That functionality is available in Emacs 22,
however.