Re: hi-lock-buffer-mode and hi-lock-mode do not follow normal convention

[M Jared Finder]

Juri Linkov wrote:
> > This bit me because I don't like having the H for hi-lock-mode
> > displayed in the mode line, so I added
> >
> > (setf (second (assoc 'hi-lock-mode minor-mode-alist)) nil)
> >
> > to my init file.  This just broke.
>
> I don't like having the H displayed in the mode line for no reason too.
> I have a local fix that displays Hi in the mode line only when the
> list of regexps to highlight is not empty in the current buffer.
> This means it is displayed only when hi-lock has something to highlight.
>
> Do you think it would be useful to use this logic by default in hi-lock.el?

As a user, I would love that!  There's no reason for hi-lock-mode to not 
be enabled, as all it does is add a menu entry to the already small edit 
menu.  Only displaying the H when hi-lock mode is doing something would 
be perfect!

  -- MJF