Re: Creating new major mode

[Paulo Jorge Matos]

Nikolaj Schumacher wrote:
> Paulo Jorge Matos <pocm@soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > When should generic-modes or derived-modes be created?
>
> Generally, I suggest you just derive any mode from fundamental-mode.
> That takes care of most the house keeping, and you'll only need to add
> what you actually want.
>
> Maybe you should look at more recent and smaller modes than lisp-mode to
> learn.  Look around in the Emacs Wiki.

Thank you. It seems then that the issue is that some modes predate the 
existence of the derived-mode API. New modes should use though, right?

I will check the wiki out for new modes, thanks! :)

> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher


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