Re: Advice on writing packages please

[Lute Kamstra]

marcuirl <marcuirl@imap.no2this.cc> writes:

[...]

> Is there a source of info on the web that I can use to help in writing
> major modes for emacs?

The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is your friend.  It may be
installed in your system already.  Try C-h i d m elisp RET.
Otherwise,

http://www.gnu.org/manual/elisp-manual-21-2.8/elisp.html

It has a chapter on writing major and minor modes.

[...]

> When editing an xx.el file for mode xx do you need to keep starting a
> new emacs session for the changes to take effect? Is there an easier
> way to do this?

M-x eval-buffer, or C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp).

Lute.

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