Re: Querying available mode hooks in a given mode

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> My goal is to, after a mode has been entered, to check whether a
> particular hook exists. If it does or
> does not exist, then I will run some handler code.
>
> In an attempt to find a may to check for what hooks exist, I read the
> manual, specifically the hooks
> section, and didn't see what are obvious places to look.
>
> Any idea where I should start?
>
> Regards,
>
> Grant Rettke | AAAS, ACM, AMA, COG, FSF, IEEE, Sigma Xi
> grettke@acm.org | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/
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Unless the mode author is straying pretty far from accepted practice,
you can usually see all the hooks by doing C-h v, then typing
modeprefix--hook, and hitting TAB. That should give you a *Completion*
buffer with all the matching variables.

Eric