generic.el

generic.el

[Robert Thorpe]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195)
 of 2001-10-22 on buffy
configured using `configure --with-msvc (12.00)'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENG
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Recently I discovered the generic.el package for defining simple modes.
I can't find it mentioned in the Emacs manual, FAQ, elisp intro or elisp reference manual.  Shouldn't there at least be a mention of its existence in one of these documents. 


Recent input:
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <down> <help-echo> 
C-x d <return> C-s g e n e C-r <up> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> M-x r e p o r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:

Searching subfile gcc.info-3...
Searching subfile gcc.info-4...

Searching subfile gcc.info-5...

Searching subfile gcc.info-6...

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Re: generic.el

[Richard Stallman]

I could add something about generic.el to the Emacs Lisp Manual if
someone wants to write about it.

Re: generic.el

[Robert Thorpe]

Richard Stallman wrote:
> I could add something about generic.el to the Emacs Lisp Manual if
> someone wants to write about it.
> 
The docstring of the function `define-generic-mode' gives a fairly good 
explanation.

There's a big comment at the top of generic.el that describes how to use 
it.  All that's needed is to alert people to it's existance.
How about:-

generic.el allows simple modes with basic comment and font-lock support 
to be written easily.  See generic.el.

in the section on major and minor modes.


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