Re: define-derived-mode again (was: Emacs design question)

[Miles Bader]

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:
> But this aside, we can also make the PARENT argument optional
> (since it's always a symbol and the next arg (the mode's name) is
> always a string).

That's true... or alternatively, how about allowing the mode-name to be
a cons, like:

Non-derived case:

  (define-major-mode NAME "DOC" ...)

Derived case:

  (define-major-mode (NAME PARENT-NAME) "DOC" ...)

-Miles
-- 
I'd rather be consing.