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Re: Changing buffer mode
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carlmarcos |
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Re: Changing buffer mode |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Jul 2022 05:22:40 +0200 (CEST) |
Jul 22, 2022, 00:21 by incal@dataswamp.org:
> carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
>
>>>>>> With the following function I can change the mode of
>>>>>> a buffer. I would like to change it to use
>>>>>> `completing-read` using a list composed of a selection
>>>>>> of mode names. How can I go about doing that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Use it?
>>>>>
>>>>> (completing-read "drop: " '(little boy fat man))
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but then how can I update the buffer with the
>>>> new mode?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The same way you always do it?
>>>
>>
>> I do not know the usual way.
>>
>
> (emacs-lisp-mode) from Lisp and M-x emacs-lisp-mode RET
> interactively ...
>
> Anyway some code for you ... try the examples, last.
>
Although it is good, my intention was to limit the modes to a select few, and
for the mode names to be visible to the user through the minibuffer
completing-read.
> ;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
> ;;
> ;; this file:
> ;; https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/set-mode.el
>
> (defun mode-p (fun)
> (let*((sfx "-mode")
> (len (length sfx) ))
> (and (functionp fun)
> (string= sfx (substring (symbol-name fun) (- len))) )))
>
> (defun set-mode (&optional fun)
> (interactive
> (list (completing-read
> "mode: "
> obarray
> (lambda (e) (mode-p e))
> t
> nil
> nil
> (symbol-name #'normal-mode)
> )) )
> (if fun
> (let ((f (if (stringp fun)
> (intern fun)
> fun) ))
> (when (mode-p f)
> (apply (list f)) ))
> (normal-mode) ))
>
> ;; (set-mode #'kill-emacs) ; safe as not a mode
> ;; (set-mode #'fundamental-mode) ; function
> ;; (set-mode "emacs-lisp-mode") ; function name
> ;; (set-mode) ; derive mode from extention/hashbang
> ;; M-x set-mode RET conf-mode RET ; interactive explicit
> ;; M-x set-mode RET RET ; ditto implicit
>
> --
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> https://dataswamp.org/~incal
>
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