(defun which-active-modes ()
"Give a message of which minor modes are enabled in the current buffer."
(interactive)
(let ((active-modes))
(mapc (lambda (mode) (condition-case nil
(if (and (symbolp mode) (symbol-value mode))
(add-to-list 'active-modes mode))
(error nil) ))
minor-mode-list)
(message "Active modes are %s" active-modes)))
Retrieve a list of all buffers via buffer-list, with the currently active buffer at the head of the list (so it's treated first, usually what you want, but leave out the current-buffer parameter if you don't care).