Re: Multiple Major Modes

[Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Joseph Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Thanks for the answer Joseph. I just added some support for Mason
>> files to mumamo. It is not perfect (surprise! and there is an
>> indentation bug currently - those are very resistent to treatment),
>
> [...]
>
>> When you are in a Mason file turn do
>>
>>   M-x mason-html-mumamo-mode
>
> I've tried this, and I'm seeing syntax coloring in the HTML sections, but
> none in the perl sections.  Is that about what you expected?


I always expect some unexpected problems ... ;-)

But, no, it should of course do syntax coloring etc in the perl
sections too. Maybe I have misunderstood something. Can you give me an
example, please?


>> to test it. (BTW, what file extensions do Mason files normally have?)
>
> The currently recommended Mason file extensions are *.mhtml for internal
> components, and *.html for external ones:
>
>  http://www.masonhq.com/?FAQ:ServerConfiguration#h-what_filename_extensions_should_i_use_for_mason_components_
>
> That means, of course that the file extension alone gives you no way to
> distinguish between a plain html file and a top-level Mason file.


Thanks. I am a bit surprised by the second convention.


> Also there are other, older conventions: I've seen *.mc and *.mas in use
> (*.mas was used in the O'Reilly book on Mason).