Re: report-emacs-bug could also list current modes

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

>>>By the way, aside from blabberous describe-mode, and staring at the
>>>mode line, where is a concise list of the current modes in effect?
>>>There is no list-modes, show-modes, etc.
> 
> K> C-x C-b (list-buffers) shows each buffer's major mode.
> 
> I meant a list of all the modes in effect for this buffer.  Yes, there
> they are mostly in the modeline, but how about a lisp list?


If you need it, you could write it yourself:

(defun buffer-mode-list ()
   "Return a list of the current buffer's major mode and minor modes."
   (interactive)
   (let ((modes (cons major-mode
                      (apply 'nconc
                             (mapcar (lambda (key-value)
                                       (let ((variable (car key-value)))
                                         (if (and (boundp variable)
                                                  (symbol-value variable))
                                             (list (symbol-name variable)))))
                                     minor-mode-alist)))))
     (if (interactive-p)
         (message "%s" modes)
       modes)))


>>>I do apropos modes, and see things like "minor-modes" with no
>>>explanation of what they are doing there on a separate line:
>>>(apropos "modes" nil)
>>>
> 
> K> Try: C-h a -mode\'
> 
> OK, C-h a -mode$
> looks simpler for me.

But won't return symbols with a newline in their name.  :-)


-- 
Kevin Rodgers