;;; derived.el --- allow inheritance of major modes
;; (formerly mode-clone.el)
-;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: David Megginson (dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca)
;; Maintainer: FSF
parent child docstring syntax abbrev))
`(progn
- (defvar ,hook nil ,(format "Hook run when entering %s mode." name))
+ (unless (get ',hook 'variable-documentation)
+ (put ',hook 'variable-documentation
+ ,(format "Hook run when entering %s mode.
+No problems result if this variable is not bound.
+`add-hook' automatically binds it. (This is true for all hook variables.)"
+ name)))
+ (unless (boundp ',map)
+ (put ',map 'definition-name ',child))
(defvar ,map (make-sparse-keymap))
,(if declare-syntax
- `(defvar ,syntax (make-syntax-table)))
+ `(progn
+ (unless (boundp ',syntax)
+ (put ',syntax 'definition-name ',child))
+ (defvar ,syntax (make-syntax-table))))
,(if declare-abbrev
- `(defvar ,abbrev
- (progn (define-abbrev-table ',abbrev nil) ,abbrev)))
+ `(progn
+ (put ',abbrev 'definition-name ',child)
+ (defvar ,abbrev
+ (progn (define-abbrev-table ',abbrev nil) ,abbrev))))
(put ',child 'derived-mode-parent ',parent)
,(if group `(put ',child 'custom-mode-group ,group))
(derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables old-table new-table)
(setq local-abbrev-table new-table)))
+(defun derived-mode-run-hooks (mode)
+ "Run the mode hook for MODE."
+ (let ((hooks-name (derived-mode-hook-name mode)))
+ (if (boundp hooks-name)
+ (run-hooks hooks-name))))
+
;; Functions to merge maps and tables.
(defun derived-mode-merge-keymaps (old new)