I've found a bunch of information (like this) on writing a major-mode for a language, but... I'd like to write a mode along the lines of dired or tetris - modes that use the buffer as a GUI. In th...

I have tried to search Google and look in the manual, but still cannot find how to get major mode of a buffer object. Can you help me with an example or a reference. Thanks only solution I could f...

Can anyone provide me with a hello world example for a major mode in emacs? I guess it's a beginner question, still I really like to write a major mode, both to learn emacs and elisp, as to be abl...

I am on Emacs 24.3.1. I installed the MELPA version of plantuml-mode via M-x package-install RET plantuml-mode RET. When I try to turn on plantuml-mode for a buffer, I get the following error: W...

I have few Major modes (like: Yaml and NXML) that I don't want electric-indent-mode (I want it for C like languages) but I'm unable to turn if off. To enable I have: (electric-indent-mode 1) fro...

I'm in the early stages of creating a major mode for Emacs for browsing and interacting with the Stack Exchange Network. Involved in it are several major modes, all with one-key keybindings simila...

I am writing an elisp function that permanently binds a given key to a given command in the current major mode's keymap. For example, (define-key python-mode-map [C-f1] 'python-describe-symbol) ...

Very specific question that I hope is not too dumb. (setq-default fill-column 120) sets the width of the buffer fill to 120 columns. Default for me otherwise is 74. This command, when put in my ....

I have a buffer in some major-mode, and in another buffer the mode file itself (*.el). After I edit the *.el file I want to see the changes reflected in the first buffer, without restarting emacs. ...

I am developing an emacs major mode for a language (aka mydsl). However, using the techniques on xahlee's site doesn't seem to be working for some reason (possibly older emacs dialect..) The key i...