Re: Derived modes and mode hooks

[Xue Fuqiao]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 15:06:00 +0100
Sebastian Wiesner <address@hidden> wrote:

> For instance, given "foo-mode" defined as:
> 
> (define-derived-mode foo-mode text-mode "Foo"
>   "A useless mode for demonstration purposes"
>   (body-of-foo-mode))

> Then "M-x foo-mode" will

> 1. Perform some standard setup stuff (e.g. killing local variables,
> setting the key map, etc.)
> 2. Execute "body-of-foo-mode"
> 3. Execute all hooks in "text-mode-hook"
> 4. Execute all hooks in "foo-mode-hook"

> Is this right?  If so, how can `body-of-foo-mode` forcibly overrule
> settings made in `text-mode-hook`?

See the function `run-mode-hooks'.  I'm no expert on this, but IIRC
`after-change-major-mode-hook' helps.

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