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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1994-02-04 01:04:15 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1994-02-04 01:04:15 +0000
commit3148d1af4a133bd8cc53dcfc4ef2e4ed2c958d11 (patch)
tree0472850fe4d066e280d24939cfd378b00c79d758 /lisp/derived.el
parent0d9a46ce39f9d1c68d734d07febf017b30c83a94 (diff)
downloademacs-3148d1af4a133bd8cc53dcfc4ef2e4ed2c958d11.tar.gz
(define-mode-clone): Renamed from mode-clone.
Swap args PARENT and CHILD. Don't use clone-run-setup-function. (clone-run-setup-function): Function deleted.
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diff --git a/lisp/derived.el b/lisp/derived.el
index bd1aef1f841..3a89407749f 100644
--- a/lisp/derived.el
+++ b/lisp/derived.el
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
;;; mode-clone.el (alpha version) -- allow inheritance of major modes.
-;;; $Id: mode-clone.el,v 1.5 1993/12/25 14:02:33 david Exp $
;; Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -39,13 +38,13 @@
;; it is most similar to, then list the (few) differences.
;;
;; In the mean time, this package offers most of the advantages of
-;; full inheritance with the existing major modes. The function
-;; `mode-clone' allows the user to make a clone of an existing
+;; full inheritance with the existing major modes. The macro
+;; `define-mode-clone' allows the user to make a clone of an existing
;; major mode, with its own keymap. The new mode will inherit the key
;; bindings of its parent, and will, in fact, run its parent first
;; every time it is called. For example, the commands
;;
-;; (mode-clone text-mode hypertext-mode "Hypertext"
+;; (define-mode-clone hypertext-mode text-mode "Hypertext"
;; "Major mode for hypertext.\n\n\\{hypertext-mode-map}"
;; (setq case-fold-search nil))
;;
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
;; sense. Second, it is possible to build even further, and clone the
;; clone. The commands
;;
-;; (mode-clone hypertext-mode html-mode "HTML")
+;; (define-mode-clone html-mode hypertext-mode "HTML")
;; [various key definitions]
;;
;; will add a new major mode for HTML with very little fuss.
@@ -99,35 +98,32 @@
;; PUBLIC: define a new major mode which inherits from an existing one.
;;;###autoload
-(defmacro mode-clone (parent child name &optional docstring &rest body)
+(defmacro define-mode-clone (child parent name &optional docstring &rest body)
"Create a new mode which is similar to an old one.
The arguments to this command are as follow:
-parent: the name of the command for the parent mode (ie. text-mode)
-child: the name of the command for the clone
-name: a string which will appear in the status line (ie. \"Hypertext\")
-docstring: an optional documentation string -- if you do not supply one,
- the function will attempt to invent something useful. If this
- argument is not a string, it will be added to body automatically.
-body: a body of commands to execute just before running the
+PARENT: the name of the command for the parent mode (ie. text-mode).
+CHILD: the name of the command for the clone mode.
+NAME: a string which will appear in the status line (ie. \"Hypertext\")
+DOCSTRING: an optional documentation string--if you do not supply one,
+ the function will attempt to invent something useful.
+BODY: forms to execute just before running the
hooks for the new mode.
-The following simple command would clone LaTeX-mode into
-LaTeX-thesis-mode:
+The following simple command would clone LaTeX mode into
+LaTeX-Thesis mode:
- (mode-clone LaTeX-mode LaTeX-thesis-mode \"LaTeX-Thesis\")
+ (define-mode-clone LaTeX-thesis-mode LaTeX-mode \"LaTeX-Thesis\")
-It would then be possible to assign commands to keystrokes in
-`LaTeX-thesis-mode-map' without changing the interface in the regular
-LaTeX-mode. The function (LaTeX-thesis-mode-setup), if it exists,
-will contain commands which will run whenever (LaTeX-thesis-mode) is
-run (just before 'LaTeX-thesis-mode-hooks).
+You could then make new key bindings for `LaTeX-thesis-mode-map'
+without changing regular LaTeX mode. In this example, BODY is empty,
+and DOCSTRING is generated by default.
On a more complicated level, the following command would clone
sgml-mode and change the variable `case-fold-search' to nil:
- (mode-clone sgml-mode article-mode \"Article\"
+ (define-mode-clone article-mode sgml-mode \"Article\"
\"Major mode for editing technical articles.\"
(setq case-fold-search nil))
@@ -162,10 +158,10 @@ been generated automatically, with a reference to the keymap."
(clone-set-abbrev-table (quote (, child)))
; Splice in the body (if any).
(,@ body)
- ; Run the setup function, if
- ; any -- this will soon be
- ; obsolete.
- (clone-run-setup-function (quote (, child)))
+;;; ; Run the setup function, if
+;;; ; any -- this will soon be
+;;; ; obsolete.
+;;; (clone-run-setup-function (quote (, child)))
; Run the hooks, if any.
(clone-run-hooks (quote (, child)))))))
@@ -228,15 +224,15 @@ Right now, just set up a blank keymap and an empty syntax table."
(defun clone-make-docstring (parent child)
"Construct a docstring for a new mode if none is provided."
- (format "This major mode is a clone of (%s), created by (mode-clone).
-It inherits all of the parent's attributes, but has its own keymap
-and syntax table:
+ (format "This major mode is a clone of `%s', created by `define-mode-clone'.
+It inherits all of the parent's attributes, but has its own keymap,
+abbrev table and syntax table:
- '%s-map' and '%s-syntax-table'
+ `%s-map' and `%s-syntax-table'
which more-or-less shadow
- '%s-map' and '%s-syntax-table'
+ `%s-map' and `%s-syntax-table'
\\{%s-map}" parent child child parent parent child))
@@ -271,12 +267,12 @@ which more-or-less shadow
(if table
(setq local-abbrev-table table))))
-(defun clone-run-setup-function (mode)
- "Run the setup function if it exists."
+;;;(defun clone-run-setup-function (mode)
+;;; "Run the setup function if it exists."
- (let ((fname (clone-setup-function-name mode)))
- (if (fboundp fname)
- (funcall fname))))
+;;; (let ((fname (clone-setup-function-name mode)))
+;;; (if (fboundp fname)
+;;; (funcall fname))))
(defun clone-run-hooks (mode)
"Run the hooks if they exist."