Getting and Setting major-modes of buffers

Getting and Setting major-modes of buffers

[Nordlöw]

Hi!

How do I determine the major-mode of a buffer (not necessarily the
current) and make another buffer enter that same mode?

Thanks in advance,
Nordlöw

Re: Getting and Setting major-modes of buffers

[Xah Lee]

On Jan 17, 3:45 am, "Nordlöw" <per.nord...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I determine the major-mode of a buffer (not necessarily the
> current) and make another buffer enter that same mode?

switch to that buffer, then
(symbol-value 'major-mode)

  Xah
  xah@xahlee.org
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Re: Getting and Setting major-modes of buffers

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Nordlöw wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> How do I determine the major-mode of a buffer (not necessarily the
> current) and make another buffer enter that same mode?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Nordlöw


(defun set-same-major-mode-as (buffer)
   (interactive "bSet same major mode as buffer: ")
   (let ((major (with-current-buffer buffer major-mode)))
     (funcall major)))