Re: Querying available mode hooks in a given mode

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> My goal is to, after a mode has been entered, to check whether
>>> a particular hook exists.  If it does or does not exist, then I will
>>> run some handler code.
>
> Can you give a concrete example?
>
>> Unless the mode author is straying pretty far from accepted practice,
>> you can usually see all the hooks by doing C-h v, then typing
>> modeprefix--hook, and hitting TAB. That should give you a *Completion*
>> buffer with all the matching variables.
>
> Actually, some hooks may exist without appearing there.

Hey, there were a lot of weasel words in my answer! It was definitely
meant as a "reasonable place to start".