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bug#38843: define-globalized-minor-mode enable boolean will prevent load
From: |
Paul W. Rankin |
Subject: |
bug#38843: define-globalized-minor-mode enable boolean will prevent loading with :require |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 01:25:47 +1000 |
> On 31 Oct 2020, at 12:49 am, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>
> So the problem is basically that you've switched a minor mode on via
> Customize, but then deleted the minor mode. I'm actually not sure
> whether it makes sense for Emacs to signal an error or not here: You've
> asked to have a mode switched on, but then Emacs can't do that because
> it can't find the file it's defined in.
The customize system is designed not to prevent loading even when libraries
aren't found, e.g. settings persist after uninstalling their library, because
it makes sense that if the user then chooses to reinstall they get to keep
their settings. The counter option is that uninstalling a package removes that
packages settings, forcing the user to go through and set them all again.
The separation of settings and source is a good thing, and ought not to trip
Emacs over. The absence of the source should not matter a wink to the settings.