From: Friedrich Dominicus <frido@q-software-solutions.com>
Subject: Re: How easy to create new major mode?
Date: 31 Jan 2003 18:02:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87el6tgsl9.fsf@fbigm.here> (raw)
In-Reply-To: b1e285$rr6$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net
"Tim Morley \(remove vegetable for email address\)" <tim@teamlog.turnip.com> writes:
> Hi all.
>
> I believe the solution to my current emacs challenge will be to create a new
> major mode, albeit a very simple one. I'd be grateful for
> (a) confirmation that this is the way to attack the problem (or failing
> that, a better suggestion)
> and assuming this is indeed the case
> (b) guidance/URLs/code samples to help me put together what I
> need.
Well if you are interested in Emacs Lisp programming, have a look at
"Writing GNU Emacs extensions", there is a chapter in it on how to
develop you own major mode.
>
> What I would like to achieve is a customised system of syntax colouration,
> to help with reading through hundreds of lines of text. All I need is for
> lines starting with the word User to come up in, say, magenta, and lines
> starting with System in blue, with a default text colour of grey. (There are
> carriage-returns at the end of each line of text, so my keywords will always
> be at the beginning of a new line).
No for such simple thing an own major mode is over-kill.
Check the documentation for font-face, This will be enough for what
you are planning to do.
Regards
Friedrich
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-31 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-31 14:47 How easy to create new major mode? Tim Morley (remove vegetable for email address)
2003-01-31 15:31 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2003-01-31 15:58 ` Brendan Halpin
2003-01-31 16:45 ` Tim Morley (remove vegetable for email address)
2003-01-31 16:45 ` Colin Marquardt
2003-01-31 17:02 ` Friedrich Dominicus [this message]
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