From: Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: add argument to a derived-mode
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:53:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170115175345.74388a17@gauss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv37gkufao.fsf-monnier+Inbox@gnu.org>
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:33:10 -0500
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> wrote:
> > Is it a requirement that major modes not take an argument?
>
> Technically, not quite (it may be called with no arguments, so any
> argument it can accept should be optional).
>
> > However, if it's considered bad form to pass arguments to them,
> > I'll make the change, which would allow using define-derived-mode.
>
> Yes, it's considered bad form and likely to lead to problems sooner
> or later.
Thanks. I made the changes. Using define-derived-mode is certainly nicer.
--
Joe Riel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-16 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-13 0:38 add argument to a derived-mode Joe Riel
2017-01-13 14:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-15 20:49 ` Joe Riel
2017-01-15 22:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-16 1:53 ` Joe Riel [this message]
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