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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: add argument to a derived-mode
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:37:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4m13uiw5.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20170112163817.14999b2a@gauss

> Is there a way to use define-derived-mode to
> create a major mode that takes an argument if
> the base mode does not?

Major modes do not take arguments, no.
Instead, you'll want to define 2 functions:
- a major mode
- the function you want, with its argument, and which internally calls
  the major mode.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-13 14:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-13  0:38 add argument to a derived-mode Joe Riel
2017-01-13 14:37 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2017-01-15 20:49   ` Joe Riel
2017-01-15 22:33     ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-16  1:53       ` Joe Riel

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