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I want to add global-semantic-idle-summary-mode in my .emacs file instead of calling everytime it by using M-x. I tried with (setq ...) but it doesn't work. What's the right way?

Drew
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  • Related: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/17014/105 – Drew Sep 22 '16 at 15:48
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    Possible duplicate of [global-auto-revert-mode doesn't seem to work?](http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/10966/global-auto-revert-mode-doesnt-seem-to-work) – Drew Sep 22 '16 at 15:53
  • Voting as duplicate. If not a duplicate, the proposed duplicate contains the `.emacs` syntax that should allow for enabling a global minor mode. If that doesn't work edit the question to include what was attempted (but did not work) from the suggestions in it. – Jonathan Leech-Pepin Sep 26 '16 at 14:37

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It is a minor-mode which can be enabled with: (global-semantic-idle-summary-mode 1)

The doc-string states: "Toggle Global Semantic Idle Summary mode. With ARG, turn Global Semantic Idle Summary mode on if ARG is positive, off otherwise. When this minor mode is enabled, 'semantic-idle-summary-mode' is turned on in every Semantic-supported buffer."

In general, a user may test for whether a minor-mode is active by inspecting the variable containing the same -- e.g., M-x describe-variable RET semantic-idle-summary-mode RET Unless the variable has been specifically defined beforehand, it will not exist until the minor-mode has been activated.

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