Re: Basic Question

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Gary Highberger <gary.highberger@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My end goal is to use emacs with gnu-smalltalk's built-in emacs interactive
> features.
>
> I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on a dual boot, Macbook Air.
>
> I installed and tested both the gui and terminal versions of emacs.
>
> Neither installation switches to content awareness for Smalltalk files
> (files with a .st extension).
>
> My Smalltalk files run fine on gnu-smalltalk and edit perfectly with
> (content aware) vim.
>
> Does emacs need to be configured to recognize Smalltalk files?

You'll probably have to install a smalltalk-mode explicitly -- it looks
like there's one in the ELPA package repository, if you're using that.
It automatically sets up for .st file extensions.

HTH,
Eric