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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>, Emacs <Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: python-mode broken - zip and git issues
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:05:01 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f9babbe-2b1f-417a-bcff-0e67d5865db2@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150131205613.GL1459@mail.akwebsoft.com>

> I've loaded a python code file and run help on 'mode-name and it is
> coming up as "Py" for the buffer. Is this correct? I seem to
> remember in the past it was "python-mode" ...
> 
> I'm confused and understanding mode-name is important because
> I've written a numer of elisp defuns that check for mode-name.

I don't use python-mode, but it sounds like you are perhaps
confused about `mode-name' vs `major-mode'.

`mode-name' is just the pretty (i.e., displayed) name, which is
a string.  It sounds like what you probably want is `major-mode',
which is a symbol.

For example, for Emacs-Lisp mode:
* `mode-name' is "Emacs-Lisp"
* `major-mode' is `emacs-lisp-mode'

Always consult the doc: `C-h v mode-name'.



  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-31 22:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-31 20:39 python-mode broken - zip and git issues Tim Johnson
2015-01-31 20:56 ` Tim Johnson
2015-01-31 22:05   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2015-01-31 22:23     ` Tim Johnson
2015-02-01 14:38       ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-01 15:51         ` Drew Adams
2015-02-01 17:08           ` Tim Johnson
2015-02-01 20:23         ` Tim Johnson
2015-02-01 20:34           ` Drew Adams
2015-02-01 20:40             ` Tim Johnson
2015-02-03 20:21           ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-01 18:03 ` Andreas Röhler

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