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From: "Paulo J. Matos" <pocm@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
To: "Nikolaj Schumacher" <me@nschum.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Creating new major mode
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:52:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <11b141710809241452n14fc437ct1b086eb4a2cfd588@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2iqsl4m8g.fsf@nschum.de>

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks for the tip, I will look at it! :)

>
> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher
>
>
>



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  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-24 21:52 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
2008-09-24 21:52       ` Paulo J. Matos [this message]
     [not found]       ` <mailman.19863.1222293135.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-09-25  5:36         ` Tim X

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