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From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de>
To: Paulo Jorge Matos <pocm@soton.ac.uk>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Creating new major mode
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:06:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2iqsl4m8g.fsf@nschum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48DA02E6.1040808@soton.ac.uk> (Paulo Jorge Matos's message of "Wed\, 24 Sep 2008 10\:05\:42 +0100")

Paulo Jorge Matos <pocm@soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> Thank you. It seems then that the issue is that some modes predate the
> existence of the derived-mode API. New modes should use though, right?

Well, "should" is relative.  I absolutely suggest it, but it's strictly
optional.  Some newer modes also elect not to use it.

Maybe take a look at the bundled css-mode.  It's not too big and has a
typical design.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher




  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-24 15:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-23  9:28 Creating new major mode Paulo Jorge Matos
2008-09-23 18:58 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
     [not found] ` <EMEW-k8MK2cf73177e81b278b031d7d8b57c991f680-m263om664x.fsf@nschum.de>
2008-09-24  9:05   ` Paulo Jorge Matos
2008-09-24 15:06     ` Nikolaj Schumacher [this message]
2008-09-24 21:52       ` Paulo J. Matos
     [not found]       ` <mailman.19863.1222293135.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-09-25  5:36         ` Tim X

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