Re: List of major modes?

[Henrik Enberg]

> From: David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:56:14 +0000
> 
> >        (not (assq symbol minor-mode-alist))))
> 
> Good idea, but unfortunately minor-mode-alist contains stuff to be  
> shown in the mode-line, so we're not excluding minor modes that don't  
> display anything in the mode line (mouse-wheel-mode for example).

[...]

> The only solution I can see is to patch define-minor-mode - as a last  
> resort.

Not all minor-modes use define-minor-mode.  One way or another, some
stuff will slip through.