Questions tagged [derived-mode]
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How to run a 'prog-mode-hook' after more specific hooks?
I'm running into an order of initialization issue with hooks.
prog-mode-hook enables fci-mode
rust-mode-hook sets the fci-rule-column to 99.
on initial display the fill column shows at 80 (it's original value), moving the cursor redraws at…
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Why isn't emacs-lisp-mode derived from lisp-mode?
Just out of curiosity, why isn't emacs-lisp-mode derived from lisp-mode? Instead, both are derived from prog-mode.
It seems to me that there is a natural hierarchical relationship that should exist. Is the current situation simply a case of…
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Derived major mode: new keyword fontification not playing nice with parent mode's
I am writing a major mode derived from f90-mode in order to fontify the syntax of a commonly used Fortran preprocessor, fypp (similar to jinja2 for HTML templating). Here's a contrived example of what that looks like, with plain f90-mode…
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How to find inheritance of modes?
As an example, let's use latex-mode, that inherits from tex-mode, that inherits from text-mode. Is there a command, that would take as input latex-mode and give me parent and grand-parent? Or, other way around, is there a command that would take…
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Prevent hooks from parent mode in derived mode
I have:
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
but in lisp/nxml/nxml-mode.el:
(define-derived-mode nxml-mode text-mode "nXML"
All XML files is opened with auto-fill-mode. That is inconvenient because XML file under source control and…
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Derived mode without merging keymap
It seems that when using define-derived-mode, the new mode's keymap is merged with that of the parent mode. Is there a way to avoid this? That is, to inherit font-lock, etc. from the parent mode, but have a completely new keymap.
E.g.
(defvar…
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Find all modes derived from a mode
Is there any way to easily find all the modes that derive from a mode?
The closest I can get is to use M-x apropros and search for -mode$ and manually comb through all defuns with the property derived-mode-parent and peek at them to see if they…
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Derived mode from CC Mode: how do I write one?
Where is the definitive, up-to-date guide on how to write a derived mode from CC Mode. I have a mode that's malfunctioning and thought I might just rewrite it, but information I find is spotty and inconsistent. The example mode reference in the…
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How to delete menu item defined in a parent major from within derived mode?
I'm creating custom major mode derived from js-mode which comes with it's own menu entry "Javascript" (top-level entry, between Tools & Help (sorry, not sure what the correct name for that UI element is)).
I would like to hide/remove that menu…
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Hide a command from user
Is there a way to hide a command from user?
Or, in other words, is there a way to undo an interactive spec?
Background:
I have a derived mode, which is used in a special buffer as the buffer's mode. This buffer is generated by a command and the mode…
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disable lsp-mode for derived mode of haskell
I am writing a major mode for a new programming language that looks very similar to Haskell, and so not surprisingly I am writing a derived mode from haskell-mode
(define-derived-mode foo-mode haskell-mode "foo mode"
"Major mode for…
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Syntax highlighting of keywords only if following builtin
I'm writing a syntax highlighting mode and am trying to highlight certain arguments, only if they are following a specific word.
I've written a MWE to show my problem:
(defvar mwe-builtin-list '("func" "proc" "height"))
(defvar mwe-args-list…
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derived mode for Pandoc Templates
I am trying to derive mode based on Sample Mode. Reduced contents here:
;;; pandoc-template.el --- Pandoc-Template major mode
;; Copyright (C) 2017
;; Author: VaclavHaisman
;; Keywords: extensions
(defvar pandoc-template-mode-syntax-table
(let…
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defalias derived mode to parent mode
I wrote a new major mode config-general-mode, which is derived from conf-mode. I like it a lot and want to have it as the default mode for all configuration files. Thus I tried:
(defalias 'conf-mode 'config-general-mode)
But this doesn't work, I…
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Implementing dependence chain for derived modes
Have several implementations for determining the dependence chain for a derived mode once the mode has been loaded. What would be the most convenient to use and what improvements can I do?
Have difficulty understanding the workings of…
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