larsen@imada.dk (Larsen Soren) (02/19/89)
Problem: when invoking emacs from within elm I would like it to
automatically edit the temporary letter file in text-mode. Normally,
typing the command:
emacs letterfile -f text-mode
will have the desired effect when editing ``letterfile''; but the order
of the arguments is significant. Unfortunately, it seems that elm just
appends the name of the temporary file to the string given in the
``editor'' field of the elmrc file. Thus setting
editor = emacs -f text-mode
results in the scratch buffer being edited in text-mode while the letter
itself is still in fundamental mode.
I have attempted to emulate the syntax of the ``print'' field by
setting:
editor = emacs %s -f text-mode
and end up with a buffer called ``%s'' in text-mode and the letter in
fundamental mode.
Any suggestions (other than typing ``M-x text-mode'' every time I edit a
letter)?
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Soren Larsen / larsen@imada.dk (..uunet!mcvax!dkuug!imada!larsen)
Dept. of Math. & Computer Science, Odense University
Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
phone: +45 9 15 86 00, ext. 2312 / telefax: +45 9 15 81 62bard@THEORY.LCS.MIT.EDU (02/20/89)
> Problem: when invoking emacs from within elm I would like it to > automatically edit the temporary letter file in text-mode. Normally, > typing the command: If you have a pattern matching elm's temporary file names, you can use auto-mode-alist -- something like: (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("letterfile$" . text-mode) auto-mode-alist)) which will turn on text mode whenever you edit a file whose name ends with the string "letterfile". -- Bard the emacs gargoyle
Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) (02/20/89)
In article <156@imada.dk>, larsen@imada.dk (Larsen Soren) writes: > Problem: when invoking emacs from within elm I would like it to > automatically edit the temporary letter file in text-mode. I don't know what elm files look like, but - if they always have similar names, you can add a pattern to the variable auto-mode-alist that will invoke text-mode on those files. E.g., if elm files are always called something like /tmp/elm.45 (I'm making this up), you can add the pair ("/tmp/elm" . text-mode) to auto-mode-alist. - if they always have similar contents, you can use the infer-mode.el program that was posted earlier and add a pattern to the variable infer-mode-alist that will invoke text-mode on those files. E.g., if elm files always contain a "Subject:" line (I'm making this up), you can add the pair ("^Subject:" . text-mode) to infer-mode-alist. [I can send you infer-mode.el if you don't have it.] Hope this helps, -- Ashwin. ARPA: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,harvard,cmcl2,...}!yale!Ram-Ashwin BITNET: Ram@yalecs