diff lisp/derived.el @ 906:7f5ac0d2a71f

[xemacs-hg @ 2002-07-08 08:21:47 by youngs] 2002-06-26 John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com> * derived.el (define-derived-mode): Put `derived-mode-parent' property on child. (derived-mode-p): New function; sync with GNU Emacs 21. 2002-06-26 Jerry James <james@xemacs.org> * symbols.c (check_sane_subr): Let the symbol be bound if it is an autoload cookie.
author youngs
date Mon, 08 Jul 2002 08:22:00 +0000
parents 023b83f4e54b
children e2ddc2a2b794
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--- a/lisp/derived.el	Sat Jul 06 21:05:58 2002 +0000
+++ b/lisp/derived.el	Mon Jul 08 08:22:00 2002 +0000
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 
   `(progn 
        (derived-mode-init-mode-variables (quote ,child))
+       (put (quote ,child) 'derived-mode-parent (quote ,parent))
        (defun ,child ()
 	 ,docstring
 	 (interactive)
@@ -187,6 +188,17 @@
     (setq mode (get mode 'derived-mode-parent)))
   mode)
 
+;; PUBLIC: find if the current mode derives from another.
+;; from GNU Emacs 21 subr.el
+
+(defun derived-mode-p (&rest modes)
+  "Non-nil if the current major mode is derived from one of MODES.
+Uses the `derived-mode-parent' property of the symbol to trace backwards."
+  (let ((parent major-mode))
+    (while (and (not (memq parent modes))
+		(setq parent (get parent 'derived-mode-parent))))
+    parent))
+
 
 ;; Inline functions to construct various names from a mode name.