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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to set a file major mode in elisp
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:05:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y7dgbsd1.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1194007331.617716.265210@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> (Mirko's message of "Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:42:11 -0700")

Mirko <mvukovic@nycap.rr.com> writes:

> In a piece of elisp, I would like to open an existing file and set its
> major mode for later editing.  This is an example of the code that I
> am using
>
> (defun diary-entry ()
>   (interactive)
>   (find-file "~/diary")
>   (goto-char (point-max))
>   (open-line 1)
>   (goto-char (point-max))
> ... )

This looks weird...

> I will be adding an entry to the diary file, and I would like the
> buffer to be in the diary mode.  Is there some way of specifying it
> explicitly instead of using auto-mode-alist?

(diary-mode) ?

-- 
Bastien

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-02 15:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-02 12:42 How to set a file major mode in elisp Mirko
2007-11-02 13:56 ` Eric Hanchrow
2007-11-02 13:58 ` Sebastian Tennant
2007-11-02 15:05 ` Bastien [this message]
     [not found] ` <mailman.2888.1194012501.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-02 16:54   ` Mirko
2007-11-02 21:10     ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]     ` <mailman.2912.1194037808.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-05 13:40       ` Mirko

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