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Outline Mode and Outline Minor modes
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Robert J. Chassell |
Subject: |
Outline Mode and Outline Minor modes |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:27:08 +0000 (UTC) |
The Emacs manual segment, which you can see in Info at
(emacs)Outline Mode
should be renamed `Outline Minor Mode' and should deprecate Outline
Mode and favor Outline Minor mode.
With plain text, Outline Mode is good. But I suspect that most people
who use Emacs employ some other major mode, whether it be CC or
Texinfo or another.
(I don't use Outline Mode for that reason and I never think of Outline
Minor mode.)
'C-h f' (describe-function) for `outline-minor-mode' refers you to the
help for `outline-mode'. That Minor mode help does not tell you the
most important information about Outline Minor modes, either.
Unfortunately, the help for `outline-mode' does not tell you the
information about Outline Minor mode default keybindings.
The Emacs manual does, at (emacs)Outline Mode
Outline minor mode provides similar bindings with `C-c @' as the
prefix; this is to reduce the conflicts with the major mode's
special commands. (The variable `outline-minor-mode-prefix'
controls the prefix used.)
The bindings and the variable to change them should be emphasized in
several places.
(Now, if I were a person who used outlines, I might want to change the
documentation, but I am not that kind of person. I discovered this
because someone else made a poor suggestion. Someone who likes
outlines should act. Otherwise, this should go onto the TODO list.)
--
Robert J. Chassell
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