Re: Is it a mistake to define dired-omit-mode as a minor mode?

[Juri Linkov]

>> For what it does, it seems dired-omit-mode should just be an
>> interactive function. The name is so confusing that some people are
>> suggesting (dired-omit-mode 1) to enable it, which actually does
>> almost nothing if you put it in your .emacs file.
>
> The docs are pretty clear on that:
>
> dired-omit-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired-
> x.el'.
>
> (dired-omit-mode &optional ARG)
>
> Toggle Dired-Omit mode.
> With numeric ARG, enable Dired-Omit mode if ARG is positive, disable
> otherwise.  Enabling and disabling is buffer-local.
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> If enabled, "uninteresting" files are not listed.
> Uninteresting files are those whose filenames match regexp `dired-omit-
> files', plus those ending with extensions in `dired-omit-extensions'.

Maybe the docstring should say what is the preferred way to enable it
in .emacs?  E.g. (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook (lambda () (dired-omit-mode 1)))

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/