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 22.3 Minor Modes
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 A “minor mode” provides optional features that users may enable or
 disable independently of the choice of major mode.  Minor modes can be
 enabled individually or in combination.
 
    Most minor modes implement features that are independent of the major
 mode, and can thus be used with most major modes.  For example, Auto
 Fill mode works with any major mode that permits text insertion.  A few
 minor modes, however, are specific to a particular major mode.  For
 example, Diff Auto Refine mode is a minor mode that is intended to be
 used only with Diff mode.
 
    Ideally, a minor mode should have its desired effect regardless of
 the other minor modes in effect.  It should be possible to activate and
 deactivate minor modes in any order.
 
  -- Variable: minor-mode-list
      The value of this variable is a list of all minor mode commands.
 

Menu

 
· Minor Mode Conventions      Tips for writing a minor mode.
· Keymaps and Minor Modes     How a minor mode can have its own keymap.
· Defining Minor Modes        A convenient facility for defining minor modes.
 

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