Re: improving network utility calls in lisp/net/net-utils.el

[Stefan Monnier]

>> +(define-derived-mode net-utils-mode text-mode "NetworkUtil"
>> +  "Major mode for interacting with an external network utility."
>> +  (set
>> +   (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
>> +   '((net-utils-font-lock-keywords)))
>> +  (use-local-map net-utils-mode-map)
>> +  (setq buffer-read-only t))

> You can derive from `special-mode' here (or just use it), it sets
      ^^^
    should

> buffer-read-only, and it has the binding for "q".


        Stefan