From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: completing-read to set the mode for a buffer Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 02:52:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Reply-To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10541"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Help Gnu Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 09 02:54:24 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o9yjn-0002ZG-Im for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2022 02:54:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50374 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o9yjm-00070I-8A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:54:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60984) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o9yi6-00070A-Lj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:52:38 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:35552) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o9yi5-0000eE-5c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:52:38 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F245FBF90A for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2022 00:52:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1657327955; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:Sender; bh=R/KYNvMMLWSK8NpqeMFme+IoETpBGkIezv65o+991+Y=; b=kkUbx18amxFxz/AQzHqnIBhXPqgdNgMXjyoapAlh2keOruIcwQjmZRZm8f26KgHr 5YHQKMfRbdjLlzuzgwKUmL33neBLFyQW5ZfbHNlQ/iybNDDN5OiGdTEstWrmcBPSCte TRk0UFynIDkmzl10I/ogJUOC8inaefjZVlDWOxyGupXu3LdIuAtA+dOYthjssiPg7eC ds/w8dqxrbUU2LetJozA55ihrffQdAFaOjIYT2fXOKAkPBaOLwdY22Pen1a3JZ6rCDg /ezj8aJBHqL+KjWF4hXsYcanHll0mFPRC80f1bqcztpqxVOGLOGFyOoaTnojQIZl1S9 FFTmg3fjtQ== Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.162; envelope-from=carlmarcos@tutanota.com; helo=w1.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138394 Archived-At: Am using completing-read to set the mode for a buffer.=C2=A0 What would be = the advantage of defining modes in the following way, rather than with a no= rmal list with "emacs-lisp-mode", "org-mode", and "sh-script" ? I use (funcall (intern mode)) to set the mode for the buffer. (defvar modes =C2=A0 '( ("emacs-lisp-mode" . "el") =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ("org-mode" . "org") =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ("sh-script" . "sh"))) (completing-read " Mode: " (map-keys modes) nil t)