Re: Should hl-line-mode be buffer-local?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I want to disable the hl-line-mode for *eshell* buffers but enable it for
> all other buffers.
> 
> The only problem is that hl-line-mode is global by default.

If it is, it's a bug.  `hl-line-mode' should be local while
`global-hl-line-mode' is the one that's global.  The following
code *should* do what you want, but it seems from what you say
that it doesn't.

  (global-hl-line-mode 1)
  (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook
            (lambda () (hl-line-mode -1)))

Simon, could you look into it ?


        Stefan