Re: font-lock-defaults doesn't work??

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Peter Tury wrote:
> Tim X:
> > You are also re-inventing a wheel to some extent. Use define-derived-mode
>
> If I remember well, define-derived-mode is for very simple new major
> modes what practically doesn't do more than fontification, new key
> bindings and so. 

I do not know this very well, but maybe you are thinking of 
define-generic-mode? The elisp manu says

   "Even if the new mode is not an obvious derivative of any other mode,
it is convenient to use `define-derived-mode' with a `nil' parent
argument, since it automatically enforces the most important coding
conventions for you."