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: Re: Changing buffer mode Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:55:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <87v8rr6awo.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87r12eo6yf.fsf@dataswamp.org> 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="36091"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 21 17:56:20 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 1oEYXD-0009Bk-BS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:56:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56160 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oEYXA-00082Q-Ro for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:56:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54256) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oEYW9-00081X-Ej for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:55:13 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:43262) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oEYW6-0006Y6-Gc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:55:13 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60125FBF8FC; Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:55:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1658418908; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=YfSTwDyq4ABn/FIOJwq+h3gao+V1h5pSp5YDRmbq01U=; b=ZcamaXEOsth7ydBJvkK79pCVitISB8RWu6LYf8qRe5kZ0hTOLDRenLdfuO0bh/F7 BkNoXmCmkDmllhqoIEcxgW0DCZ+a8w17VyRBDlmEQF04Qrqm4G5iJsX3WhSFm1r68zk GzfYKJzsTv4jOHoRl2r75KCYTQIE8eKhR65KCx/qG4dfdDlx3tkv4OT3jAQDLbNDPIJ 6yP0qFBzNyD2VTqV65IKawZAHGPeuVkyzB2ayT7UT/GyQWnGa6Mspj1NNhgJK+O+0lq yEf4UJwB9ACNjhd+B4ZoMVt50iEJ8Z+MVPQFBYQYjJU4+A0EHM6DnDC5tpfDqJOLuF2 iXsGsA9sBg== In-Reply-To: <87r12eo6yf.fsf@dataswamp.org> 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, 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-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:138551 Archived-At: Jul 21, 2022, 14:50 by incal@dataswamp.org: > carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > >>>> With the following function I can change the mode of >>>> a buffer. I would like to change it to use `completing-read` >>>> using a list composed of a selection of mode names. How can >>>> I go about doing that? >>>> >>> >>> Use it? >>> >>> (completing-read "drop: " '(little boy fat man)) >>> >> Yes, but then how can I update the buffer with the >> new mode? >> > > The same way you always do it? > I do not know the usual way.=C2=A0=20 Have started with the following but with few ideas of how to supply appropr= iate value to buffer. (defun mode-sweep (mode) =C2=A0 "Cycle the buffer through three major modes (text, org, normal)." =C2=A0 (interactive =C2=A0=C2=A0 (list =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (let ( (cseq '("org-mode" "text-mode" "normal-mode")) ) =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (completing-read "Major-mode: " cseq nil t "= normal-mode")))) =C2=A0 (with-current-buffer buffer =C2=A0=C2=A0 (funcall (intern mode))) )