10.2.2 Global Minor Modes
- ‘Column Number’ mode enables display of the current column number in the mode
line. See Mode Line.
- ‘Delete Selection’ mode causes text insertion to first delete the text in the
region, if the region is active. See Using Region.
- ‘Icomplete’ mode displays an indication of available completions when you are
in the minibuffer and completion is active. See Icomplete.
- ‘Line Number’ mode enables display of the current line number in the mode
line. It is enabled by default. See Mode Line.
- ‘Menu Bar’ mode gives each frame a menu bar. It is enabled by default. See
Menu Bars.
- ‘Scroll Bar’ mode gives each window a scroll bar. It is enabled by default,
but the scroll bar is only displayed on graphical terminals. See Scroll Bars.
- ‘Tool Bar’ mode gives each frame a tool bar. It is enabled by default, but
the tool bar is only displayed on graphical terminals. See Tool Bars.
- ‘Tab Bar’ mode gives each frame a tab bar. See Tab Bars.
- ‘Tab Line’ mode gives each window a tab line. See Tab Line.
- ‘Transient Mark’ mode highlights the region, and makes many Emacs commands
operate on the region when the mark is active. It is enabled by default. See
Mark.