Re: No `Def' in modeline while defining kbd macro ??
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
greg(a)alphatech.com (Greg Klanderman) writes:
> I just noticed that XEmacs no longer says `Def' in the modeline
> while defining a keyboard macro. Was this intentional?
The following two lines are commented out from modeline.el:
;; what's the meaning of `####' vs `FIXME' or ...?
;; not really a minor mode... and it doesn't work right anyway.
;;(put 'defining-kbd-macro :menu-tag "Defining kbd macro")
;;(add-minor-mode 'defining-kbd-macro " Def") FIXME
Could the person responsible for the change please explain it and/or
propose a patch to return the ` Def' string to modeline? I, for one,
found it useful, and don't generally like these silent
disappearances. :-(
This change went in between beta18 and beta19 (January 10th and
January 12th, respectively). The nearest corresponding ChangeLog is:
1998-01-08 Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg(a)bittersweet.inetarena.com>
* modeline.el (modeline-minor-mode-menu): Add support for :active
(add-minor-mode): Document :active property to TOGGLE.
1998-01-07 Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg(a)bittersweet.inetarena.com>
* modeline.el (modeline-minor-mode-menu): Add support for an
`:included' predicate in the `toggle-sym' plist.
(add-minor-mode): Document the :included property, format
docstring some more.
(modeline-minor-mode-menu): Documentation string added.
1998-01-02 Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg(a)bittersweet.inetarena.com>
* modeline.el (modeline-minor-mode-menu): genmenlab the menu
labels from the symbol-names by thwacking off the overly redundant
and overused "mode", parenthesizing "minor", and capitalizing
the
resultant strings. Also shortened the menu's title by eliminating
the redundant buffer name.
(add-minor-mode): Beautified the docstring, added mention of the
`:menu-tag' property of TOGGLE.
(modeline-minor-mode-menu): Frinked the `:menu-tag' property on
`toggle-sym' to beatify the mode-life menus.
* (abbrev-mode): (put)'ed a `:menu-tag' on it and
`auto-fill-function'.
1998-01-02 Karl M. Hegbloom <<karlheg(a)bittersweet.inetarena.com>>
* modeline.el (modeline-minor-mode-menu): Changed the string-only
menus to :style 'toggle.