Re: Covering of prog-mode

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On Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 at 8:20 AM, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> * Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com [2024-12-03 15:44]:
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> > On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 at 6:22 PM, Jean Louis bugs@gnu.support wrote:
> > 
> > > * Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org [2024-12-03 03:01]:
> > > 
> > > > How can one figure out that prog-mode covers ?
> > > 
> > > M-x find-library RET prog-mode RET then read
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Jean Louis
> > 
> > What should I look for in that file? Is there a command I can call
> > on a file that returns me whether it is included in prog-mode?
> 
> 
> Look for words, try to distinguish licensing from commentary, then
> somewhere there maybe you find an explanation. It is like entering
> dark labyrinth, you never know what is out there, but is
> interesting. I am not sure any more, but I remember something like
> MONITOR command, I could enter into memory of Commodore plus/4 and for
> hours I could watch and browse those hex numbers, and watching on
> right side the symbols and letters, figuring out what it all means.
> 
> To find out all *-mode(s) you can do this:
> 
> M-x find-library RET -mode TAB TAB and you will see them all, it is interesting.
> 
> Go one by one carefully, enter inside and read commentaries, until you
> get tired, then switch to movie, music, or sleeping, keep doing it,
> and after many attempts you will get quite new cognition about it.
> 
> I am still doing it by the way. I have no idea what people talk about on `git log' but I keep reading.

If I do so for c-mode, how can I find out if it is included in prog-mode?

 
> --
> Jean Louis