Re: report-emacs-bug could also list current modes

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> > > By the way, aside from blabberous describe-mode, and staring at the
> > > mode line, where is a concise list of the current modes in effect?
> > > There is no list-modes, show-modes, etc.
>
> K> C-x C-b (list-buffers) shows each buffer's major mode.
>
> I meant a list of all the modes in effect for this buffer.  Yes, there
> they are mostly in the modeline, but how about a lisp list?


If you need it, you could write it yourself:

(defun buffer-mode-list ()
  "Return a list of the current buffer's major mode and minor modes."
  (interactive)
  (let ((modes (cons major-mode
                     (apply 'nconc
                            (mapcar (lambda (key-value)
                                      (let ((variable (car key-value)))
                                        (if (and (boundp variable)
                                                 (symbol-value variable))
                                            (list (symbol-name variable)))))
                                    minor-mode-alist)))))
    (if (interactive-p)
        (message "%s" modes)
      modes)))


> > > I do apropos modes, and see things like "minor-modes" with no
> > > explanation of what they are doing there on a separate line:
> > > (apropos "modes" nil)
>
> K> Try: C-h a -mode\'
>
> OK, C-h a -mode$
> looks simpler for me.

But won't return symbols with a newline in their name.  :-)


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Kevin Rodgers