From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de>
To: Paulo Jorge Matos <pocm@soton.ac.uk>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Creating new major mode
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:06:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2iqsl4m8g.fsf@nschum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48DA02E6.1040808@soton.ac.uk> (Paulo Jorge Matos's message of "Wed\, 24 Sep 2008 10\:05\:42 +0100")
Paulo Jorge Matos <pocm@soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thank you. It seems then that the issue is that some modes predate the
> existence of the derived-mode API. New modes should use though, right?
Well, "should" is relative. I absolutely suggest it, but it's strictly
optional. Some newer modes also elect not to use it.
Maybe take a look at the bundled css-mode. It's not too big and has a
typical design.
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-24 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-23 9:28 Creating new major mode Paulo Jorge Matos
2008-09-23 18:58 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <EMEW-k8MK2cf73177e81b278b031d7d8b57c991f680-m263om664x.fsf@nschum.de>
2008-09-24 9:05 ` Paulo Jorge Matos
2008-09-24 15:06 ` Nikolaj Schumacher [this message]
2008-09-24 21:52 ` Paulo J. Matos
[not found] ` <mailman.19863.1222293135.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-09-25 5:36 ` Tim X
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