Re: Enabling/disabling minor modes based on major mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

On 2/22/11 6:40 AM, Gary wrote:
> Is there a nice, consistent, way to do this?
>
>  From reading around I found
> ,----
> | (add-hook 'term-mode-hook '(lambda() (set (make-local-variable
> |                                             'global-hl-line-mode) 0)))
> `----
> but that's clearly specific to global-hl-line-mode.
>
> Or is it? Could I do the same with, say, yas/minor-mode for the
> yasnippet modes? Is
> ,----
> | (set (make-local-variable '<minor-mode-name>) 0)
> `----
> guaranteed to work for all minor modes?

No: Some minor modes can only be enabled/disabled by calling the mode's
function with a positive/negative argument -- the mode's variable is
just a read-only indicator of whether it is enabled or disabled.

--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA