Mercurial > emacs
changeset 16432:6f58503776e5
Explain what major modes can do for imenu and font-lock.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 12 Oct 1996 16:10:09 +0000 |
| parents | 65d3768ccb05 |
| children | 63dc01de1823 |
| files | lispref/modes.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/modes.texi Sat Oct 12 16:08:08 1996 +0000 +++ b/lispref/modes.texi Sat Oct 12 16:10:09 1996 +0000 @@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ Tables}. @item +If the mode handles a language that has a syntax for comments, it should +set the variables that define the comment syntax. @xref{Options for +Comments,, Options Controlling Comments, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. + +@item @cindex abbrev tables in modes The mode may have its own abbrev table or may share one with other related modes. If it has its own abbrev table, it should store this in @@ -160,6 +165,20 @@ Tables}. @item +@vindex font-lock-defaults +The mode should specify how to do highlighting for Font Lock mode, by +setting up a buffer-local value for the variable +@code{font-lock-defaults}. + +@item +@vindex imenu-generic-expression +@vindex imenu-create-index-function +The mode should specify how Imenu should find the definitions or +sections of a buffer, by setting up a buffer-local value for the +variable @code{imenu-generic-expression} or +@code{imenu-create-index-function}. + +@item Use @code{defvar} to set mode-related variables, so that they are not reinitialized if they already have a value. (Such reinitialization could discard customizations made by the user.)