Re: Is is a major or minor mode?

[Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>]

Phillip Lord wrote:

>>>>>>"Galen" == Galen Boyer <galenboyer@hotpop.com> writes:
>>>>>>
> 
>   Galen> I want this to be available in both SQLi and sql-mode buffers
>   Galen> and piggyback on its comint integration.  I was planning to
>   Galen> write a wrapper around the login functionality of sql.el
>   Galen> which would then define the specific variables that the
>   Galen> sql-mode and sqli buffers needed to know about to get at the
>   Galen> *bsh* variables.  I'm just not sure if this is the right plan
>   Galen> to proceed with.  Should I make my own major-mode and steal
>   Galen> liberally from sql.el?
> 
> 
> I think that the answer to this is partly sociological. Is sql.el very
> large? Is it being actively developed? If the answer is yes to either
> of these the code stealing option would be much less attractive. 


But it would make define-derived-mode an attractive approach to implementing
it as a major mode.


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