Re: List of major modes?

[Edward O'Connor <hober0@gmail.com>]

David Reitter wrote:

> How would I go about compiling a list of all major modes available in
> the current emacs session?

>From my .emacs; originally from Kevin Rodgers:

(defun kr-major-mode-p (symbol)
  "Return non-nil if SYMBOL is a major mode.
Used in `interactive' forms to read major mode names from the user."
  (and (fboundp symbol)
       (let ((function-name (symbol-name symbol)))
         (and (string-match "-mode\\'" function-name)
              (not (string-match "\\`turn-\\(on\\|off\\)-"
                                 function-name))))
       (not (assq symbol minor-mode-alist))))

You could use this together with `mapatoms' to find all major modes.


Ted

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