RE: which-func/imenu

[Doug Lewan <dougl@shubertticketing.com>]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

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> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=shubertticketing.com@gnu.org
> [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=shubertticketing.com@gnu.org] On
> Behalf Of Andreas Röhler
> Sent: Tuesday, 2012 August 07 02:59
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: which-func/imenu
> 
> Am 06.08.2012 21:38, schrieb Doug Lewan:
> > Just what do I have to do to make which-function-mode aware of a new
> language? I haven't been able to entirely disentangle the
> documentation.
> >
> > I think I know the following.
> > * I need imenu.
> > * I have to create imenu-generic-expression. (My world is simple. I
> think the value (nil "procedure\\s-+\\(?1:[[:alnum:]]+\\)" 2) should
> do. But I have been wrong one other time.)
> > * I need to add the mode (as a symbol) to which-func-modes.
> 
> imenu--index-alist is in the center of things here.
> If it gets filled,  which-func-modes should work right out of the box.
> 
> 
> >
> > This is, however, not enough to "support Imenu", in the words of
> emacs Info section 26.2.4.
> > What should I really be doing?
> >
> > ,Douglas
> > Douglas Lewan
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> >
> >
> >
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