From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: define-derived-mode again (was: Emacs design question) Date: 24 Jul 2003 11:31:13 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200307141341.h6EDfxEd006523@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84wuei7jye.fsf_-_@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <200307211451.h6LEpJJH022123@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200307231327.h6NDRNmS030080@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1059013979 12780 80.91.224.249 (24 Jul 2003 02:32:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 02:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 04:32:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19fVuZ-0003Jo-00 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:32:55 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19fWCT-00088D-00 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:51:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19fVue-0007aQ-6O for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:33:00 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19fVuY-0007Vz-J3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:32:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19fVuP-0007Me-Df for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:32:45 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19fVuE-0006cr-3P; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:32:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate54.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.193]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id h6O2VH702685; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:17 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv5.nec.co.jp (mailgate52.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.198]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id h6O2VGD10031; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:16 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.17.201]) by mailsv5.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id h6O2VFg25548; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:15 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg04.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.9.3p2+3.2W/3.7W_EDC_Ver.1.0) with ESMTP id LAA04227; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:15 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.8/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id h6O2VDNH015571; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:14 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 739A7372A; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:13 +0900 (JST) Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200307231327.h6NDRNmS030080@rum.cs.yale.edu> Original-Lines: 19 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:15690 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15690 "Stefan Monnier" writes: > But this aside, we can also make the PARENT argument optional > (since it's always a symbol and the next arg (the mode's name) is > always a string). That's true... or alternatively, how about allowing the mode-name to be a cons, like: Non-derived case: (define-major-mode NAME "DOC" ...) Derived case: (define-major-mode (NAME PARENT-NAME) "DOC" ...) -Miles -- I'd rather be consing.