Re: Modes within modes

[Kevin Rodgers]

Gareth Rees wrote:

> Dan Anderson wrote:
>
> > Often times I'll have an e-mail message with some code in it, or code
> > with some text in comments.  Is it possible to highlight a region and
> > tell Emacs to (use A-mode instead of B-mode)?
>
> The simplest way to do this is to use 'clone-indirect-buffer' (C-x 4 c)
> and use A-mode in the original buffer and B-mode in the cloned buffer.
> Put the two buffers in adjacent windows and switch between them when you
> want the features of the other mode.  See the Info node (emacs)Indirect
> Buffers.

Wow, that is really cool!  Especially if you narrow each buffer to show just
the parts relevant to that mode.

--
Kevin Rodgers