From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: report-emacs-bug could also list current modes Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 05:50:26 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87n0ctvot9.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <3F6F155C.4010606@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064447273 26420 80.91.224.253 (24 Sep 2003 23:47:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 25 01:47:50 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2JML-0002AF-01 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:47:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2JJ8-0007oI-7V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:44:30 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2JJ3-0007o6-5s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:44:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2JJ1-0007nu-J0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:44:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.246.28.87] (helo=tx.symonds.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 1A2JJ1-0007n8-8w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:44:23 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-73-64.2-3.pl.apol.com.tw ([218.187.73.64] helo=jidanni.org) by tx.symonds.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.21) id 1A2JIg-0005xK-Vw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:44:18 -0400 Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1A2HWk-0000lz-90 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 05:50:26 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <3F6F155C.4010606@yahoo.com> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:29:32 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5851 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5851 >> By the way, aside from blabberous describe-mode, and staring at the >> mode line, where is a concise list of the current modes in effect? >> There is no list-modes, show-modes, etc. K> C-x C-b (list-buffers) shows each buffer's major mode. I meant a list of all the modes in effect for this buffer. Yes, there they are mostly in the modeline, but how about a lisp list? >> I do apropos modes, and see things like "minor-modes" with no >> explanation of what they are doing there on a separate line: >> (apropos "modes" nil) K> Try: C-h a -mode\' OK, C-h a -mode$ looks simpler for me.