Re: [GNU ELPA] New package: caffeinate-mode

On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM Philip Kaludercic <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Stéphane Marks <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 10:27 PM Lucas Christian <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Stéphane Marks <[email protected]> writes:
> >>
> >> > Does it even need to be a mode or can it just be a package with a few
> >> > commands, e.g., caffeinate, caffeinate-display, decaffeinate,
> >> > defcustom for the default display sleep state and interval, and global
> >> > private variables for the active sleep token and timer?
> >>
> >> I think the main advantage of it being a mode is that it leaves a clear
> >> indicator in the mode line when it is active.
> >>
> >
> > That's pretty easy to do without being a mode.
>
> Here is a skeetch of what I had in mind when it came to merging the two
> minor modes:
>
>
> It also simplifies the code, since you don't need to maintain the
> invariant that the major modes are mutually exclusive.  It is a
> sub-minor-mode so to speak.
>

If this will move ahead as a mode, I'd prefer to see caffeinate- be the
prefix to the commands so display-caffeinate would be caffeinate-display.
Easier for discovery and it's more like a verb to perform for the display.