From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: improving network utility calls in lisp/net/net-utils.el Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:08 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ljq8lk9u.fsf@rabkins.net> <87y6u8k3bo.fsf@rabkins.net> <200904101934.n3AJYd9T026109@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239401680 25268 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2009 22:14:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:14:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Yoni Rabkin , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 11 00:15:59 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LsP0t-0005Vf-5W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:15:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LsOzU-0008Ci-JG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LsOzG-00086B-LD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LsOzC-00081U-4v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37001 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LsOzB-00081H-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:09 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:61672 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LsOzB-0000rH-GZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:09 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkIGABBh30lLd+7D/2dsb2JhbACBUskNg3sGhRSCMQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,169,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="36885380" Original-Received: from 75-119-238-195.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.238.195]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 10 Apr 2009 18:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CC935E9B48; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <200904101934.n3AJYd9T026109@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:34:39 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110199 Archived-At: >> +(define-derived-mode net-utils-mode text-mode "NetworkUtil" >> + "Major mode for interacting with an external network utility." >> + (set >> + (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults) >> + '((net-utils-font-lock-keywords))) >> + (use-local-map net-utils-mode-map) >> + (setq buffer-read-only t)) > You can derive from `special-mode' here (or just use it), it sets ^^^ should > buffer-read-only, and it has the binding for "q". Stefan