bug#29081: 25.1; define-globalized-minor-mode does not respect :variable of original mode

[Noam Postavsky]

tags 29081 + confirmed easy
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k@rdw.se (Chris Stj) writes:

> The problem lies in the "if ,mode" condition. This assumes the minor
> mode variable has the same name as the minor mode itself; which is
> clearly not true when something else is specified with the :variable
> keyword in the minor mode definition.

> I guess the best solution may be to allow users of
> define-globalized-minor-mode to specify the place in which the minor
> mode stores its state, since I can't find a good, generic way to extract
> this from the minor mode definition itself, after the fact.

Makes sense to me.