From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: set-buffer-major-mode: how to use on buffer without file?
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:26:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmturcnwa.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: courier.00000000605C4189.00003C8A@stw1.rcdrun.com
> I would like to set major mode for the buffer which only displays a
> revision in a buffer without associated file.
Your use of "the buffer" above is hilarious: it makes it sound like we
all should know, as a matter of course, which buffer it is you're
talking about, like if it had been on the front page of the newspaper
or something.
> The buffer name may end with let us say .scm for scheme or .org for
> Org mode, I would like to invoke the major mode based on the
> file extension.
You may want to do: `C-h o C-x v ~` and then look at the implementation
of that command (since that command does something closely related to
what you describe).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-25 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-25 7:53 set-buffer-major-mode: how to use on buffer without file? Jean Louis
2021-03-25 14:26 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-03-25 15:07 ` Jean Louis
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