Re: How to enable the Major mode: ttcn-3-mode.

["Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>]

Hill wrote:
> Now I want to use emacs on windows as my editor for TTCN3 programming
> language.
> I find one (only) emacs lib after googling the web,
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/t/ttcn-el.html
> But It's a deb package that can be used on Ubutnu or debian, so I can
> not installed it on windows.
> So I download the source of the package, except some control files to
> build the deb package, I also find some el files.
> 
> from the link: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/man7/ttcn-el.7.html,
> I know the package can enable 3 modes: ttcn-3-mode, ttcn-mode and tm-
> functions.
> 
> Now I am trying to enable the first mode ttcn-3-mode which is
> corresponding the file: ttcn3.el.
> I add following cmd to enable it:
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/emacs_lib/ttcn-el-0.6.9")
> (require 'ttcn3)
> (autoload 'ttcn-3-mode "ttcn-3-mode" "TTCN3 editing mode." t)
> (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.ttcn3?" . ttcn-3-mode) auto-mode-
> alist))
> 
> After that I can launch emacs sucessfully. When I open a .ttcn3 file,
> the mode became TTCN-3, but no highliting. Then I M-x and try to load
> the mode by typing: ttcn-3-mode, In the minibuffer it indicates me: c-
> set-style: Buffer aaa.ttcn3 is not a CC Mode buffer (c-set-style).
> 
> I would like to know how to enable the ttcn-3-mode? Thanks any advice.
> 
> The TTCN-3 mode can get from here:
> svn://svn.debian.org/collab-maint/deb-maint/ttcn-el/tags/0.6.9-1

Hill,
Kudos on getting so far on your own.

ttcn3-mode is dependant on cc-mode, which is part of c-mode.
You need to download this as well, although it should be part
of the standard download.

ttcn3 also needs compile, easymenu, font-lock, and imenu.
(These are listed in the (require ...) lines at the start of the
.el)

The buffer's current mode is listed in the status bar, it is at
the far right and defaults to (Fundamental) or (lisp-interaction)

Did the mode change from to (ttcn3)? If so, the buffer is now in ttcn3-mode.



Most modes do not auto-enable syntax highlighting when they are entered,
to do this you need to do

M-x font-lock-mode

after loading each file.

To do this automatically, add to your .emacs

(add-hook 'ttcn3-mode-hook '(lambda ()
                                  (turn-on-font-lock)
                             ))

Or,
(add-hook 'ttcn3-mode-hook '(lambda ()
                                  (turn-on-font-lock)
                                  (flyspell-prog-mode)
                             ))

If you want autospell checking in comments and strings in ttc3n-mode
buffers. However, this needs ispell-mode and one of the external programs
ispell or aspell. This can be a pain to set up correctly in MS-Windows,
however, we can help with ispell-mode; just ask in a separate thread.


HTH,
Colin S. Miller