Re: What are the criteria for making a minor mode ?

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> writes:

> Stefan has pointed out to me that just loading a file should not be made 
> to alter Emacs's behavior in any significant way.

That is correct.  If you need to do more, such as create a window or
create a file, you should encapsulate that within a function.  That
function can also be a command that enables a mode, of course.

Rudy
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