;;; forms.el -- Forms mode: edit a file as a form to fill in.
;;; Copyright (C) 1991, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Author: Johan Vromans <jv@mh.nl>
+;; Author: Johan Vromans <jv@nl.net>
;; Version: $Revision: 2.3 $
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
(defconst forms-version (substring "$Revision: 2.3 $" 11 -2)
"The version number of forms-mode (as string). The complete RCS id is:
- $Id: forms.el,v 2.3 1993/09/26 14:07:12 jv Exp $")
+ $Id: forms.el,v 2.3 1993/10/21 00:43:51 rms Exp kwzh $")
(defvar forms-mode-hooks nil
"Hook functions to be run upon entering Forms mode.")
;;(message "forms: building keymap... done.")
)
+ ;; set the major mode indicator
+ (setq major-mode 'forms-mode)
+ (setq mode-name "Forms")
+
;; find the data file
(setq forms--file-buffer (find-file-noselect forms-file))
(setq forms-read-only t)))
;;(message "forms: proceeding setup...")
- ;; set the major mode indicator
- (setq major-mode 'forms-mode)
- (setq mode-name "Forms")
- (make-local-variable 'minor-mode-alist) ; needed?
- ;;(message "forms: proceeding setup (minor mode)...")
- (forms--set-minor-mode)
+
+ ;; Since we aren't really implementing a minor mode, we hack the modeline
+ ;; directly to get the text " View " into forms-read-only form buffers. For
+ ;; that reason, this variable must be buffer only.
+ (make-local-variable 'minor-mode-alist)
+ (setq minor-mode-alist (list (list 'forms-read-only " View")))
+
;;(message "forms: proceeding setup (keymaps)...")
(forms--set-keymaps)
;;(message "forms: proceeding setup (commands)...")
(setq forms--field nil)))
))
\f
-(defun forms--set-minor-mode ()
- (setq minor-mode-alist
- (if forms-read-only
- " View"
- nil)))
-
(defun forms--set-keymaps ()
"Set the keymaps used in this mode."
(insert ret)))))
;;; forms.el ends here.
-