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changeset 102766:0862f6b10c6b
(Derived Modes): Note that define-derive-mode sets the mode-class
property.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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| date | Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:49:57 +0000 |
| parents | 7d96b18494ca |
| children | f0522c5e7271 |
| files | doc/lispref/modes.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi Sat Mar 28 13:49:50 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi Sat Mar 28 13:49:57 2009 +0000 @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ one. An easy way to do this is to use @code{define-derived-mode}. @defmac define-derived-mode variant parent name docstring keyword-args@dots{} body@dots{} -This construct defines @var{variant} as a major mode command, using +This macro defines @var{variant} as a major mode command, using @var{name} as the string form of the mode name. @var{variant} and @var{parent} should be unquoted symbols. @@ -776,6 +776,12 @@ evaluates the forms in @var{body} after setting up all its usual overrides, just before running the mode hooks. +If @var{parent} has a non-@code{nil} @code{mode-class} symbol +property, then @code{define-derived-mode} sets the @code{mode-class} +property of @var{variant} to the same value. This ensures, for +example, that if @var{parent} is a special mode, then @var{variant} is +also a special mode (@pxref{Major Mode Conventions}). + You can also specify @code{nil} for @var{parent}. This gives the new mode no parent. Then @code{define-derived-mode} behaves as described above, but, of course, omits all actions connected with @var{parent}.