From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Advice on writing packages please Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:56:45 +0200 Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052748444 9472 80.91.224.249 (12 May 2003 14:07:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:07:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 12 16:07:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19FDwO-0002NZ-00 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 16:06:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FDqz-0008HW-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2003 10:00:33 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!surfnet.nl!news.surfnet.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: occarina.pna.cwi.nl Original-X-Trace: news.surfnet.nl 1052747805 27595 192.16.184.200 (12 May 2003 13:56:45 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.surfnet.nl Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:56:45 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (marcuirl@imap.no2this.cc's message of "Mon, 12 May 2003 15:08:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DtVARUkUDfR6C6UyLRPXxGAvWVY= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113104 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9600 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9600 marcuirl writes: [...] > Is there a source of info on the web that I can use to help in writing > major modes for emacs? The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is your friend. It may be installed in your system already. Try C-h i d m elisp RET. Otherwise, http://www.gnu.org/manual/elisp-manual-21-2.8/elisp.html It has a chapter on writing major and minor modes. [...] > When editing an xx.el file for mode xx do you need to keep starting a > new emacs session for the changes to take effect? Is there an easier > way to do this? M-x eval-buffer, or C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp). Lute. -- (spook) => "SCUD missile CID electronic surveillance" (insert-file-contents "~/.signature") => (error "`~/.signature' too rude")