# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 850704292 0
# Node ID c19089a334b2b5263e9683810943725c47a80e5d
# Parent  9d008528c419ea2970d554720302fb860669d3c4
(describe-mode): Include minor modes that aren't buffer local.

diff -r 9d008528c419 -r c19089a334b2 lisp/help.el
--- a/lisp/help.el	Mon Dec 16 02:44:07 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/help.el	Mon Dec 16 02:44:52 1996 +0000
@@ -283,17 +283,14 @@
   (interactive)
   (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
     (let ((minor-modes minor-mode-alist)
-	  (first t)
-	  (locals (buffer-local-variables)))
+	  (first t))
       (while minor-modes
 	(let* ((minor-mode (car (car minor-modes)))
-	       (indicator (car (cdr (car minor-modes))))
-	       (local-binding (assq minor-mode locals)))
+	       (indicator (car (cdr (car minor-modes)))))
 	  ;; Document a minor mode if it is listed in minor-mode-alist,
 	  ;; bound locally in this buffer, non-nil, and has a function
 	  ;; definition.
-	  (if (and local-binding
-		   (cdr local-binding)
+	  (if (and (symbol-value minor-mode)
 		   (fboundp minor-mode))
 	      (let ((pretty-minor-mode minor-mode))
 		(if (string-match "-mode$" (symbol-name minor-mode))