On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 06:47:59PM +1030, David Kettler wrote:
> > I'm thinking it would actually be two modes, because there has to be one
> > mode to provide the general mechanism of minibuffer annotation, and a
> > second one specific to hinting.  The general one would enable the xbl
> > binding, and the hinting-specific one would would do what
> > hints_information does now.  The hinting-specific one would automatically
> > enable the general one as needed.  Sound right?
> 
> I don't quite understand.  There should certainly be a hints-specific
> mode defined by define_global_mode.  There should also be an underlying
> mode of some kind that controls the annotation; the hints thing is the
> only current user, but others may arise.  But I think the general
> annotation mode shouldn't be defined by define_global_mode; shouldn't
> that be reserved for user facing features?
> 
> Regards, David.

Yes.  Sorry for the misunderstanding; I was using the word 'mode' in a
general sense - something that behaves like a mode - it need not literally
be a global-mode.

-- 
John Foerch
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