From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: text modes vs. programming language modes Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:23:06 -0700 Message-ID: <877j10d9jp.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156264737 26793 80.91.229.2 (22 Aug 2006 16:38:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:38:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 22 18:38:55 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFZH9-0002bZ-F9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFZH8-0004wV-Pq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:38:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFZGq-0004rc-Gn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFZGp-0004qq-3D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFZGo-0004qh-PN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:38:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GFZOS-00047S-M7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:46:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GFZGb-0002VQ-NG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:17 +0200 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:17 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:17 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.51 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4tPhBY5AZ/vj0q8vN90dhH6+yus= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36848 Archived-At: >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Rodgers writes: Kevin> Is there a reliable way to determine whether the current Kevin> major mode is a text mode vs. a programming language mode? I wouldn't think so, if for no other reason than that the terms aren't well defined. -- In the movie Ghostbusters, there's a sign in the background of one scene that says, "Danger! 10,000 Ohms!" I cannot explain to laymen why people like me think that is uproariously funny. -- Steven den Beste