From 14bafd7ea7daae51a55707a66c8ab27533033aad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:57:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Defining Minor Modes): Explain effect of command defined with define-global-minor-mode on new buffers. --- lispref/modes.texi | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi index 29c316d625d..c5fd0159ac2 100644 --- a/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/lispref/modes.texi @@ -1480,12 +1480,15 @@ See the command \\[hungry-electric-delete]." @end smallexample @defmac define-global-minor-mode global-mode mode turn-on keyword-args@dots{} -This defines a global minor mode named @var{global-mode} whose meaning -is to enable the buffer-local minor mode @var{mode} in every buffer. -To turn on the minor mode in a buffer, it uses the function +This defines a global toggle named @var{global-mode} whose meaning is +to enable or disable the buffer-local minor mode @var{mode} in all +buffers. To turn on the minor mode in a buffer, it uses the function @var{turn-on}; to turn off the minor mode, it calls @code{mode} with @minus{}1 as argument. +Globally enabling the mode also affects buffers subsequently created +by visiting files, but not buffers subsequently created in other ways. + Use @code{:group @var{group}} in @var{keyword-args} to specify the custom group for the mode variable of the global minor mode. @end defmac -- 2.39.2