Function: generic-mode

generic-mode is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in generic.el.gz.

Signature

(generic-mode MODE)

Documentation

Enter generic mode MODE.

Generic modes provide basic comment and font-lock functionality for "generic" files. (Files which are too small to warrant their own mode, but have comment characters, keywords, and the like.)

To define a generic-mode, use the function define-generic-mode. Some generic modes are defined in generic-x.el.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/generic.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun generic-mode (mode)
  "Enter generic mode MODE.

Generic modes provide basic comment and font-lock functionality
for \"generic\" files.  (Files which are too small to warrant their
own mode, but have comment characters, keywords, and the like.)

To define a generic-mode, use the function `define-generic-mode'.
Some generic modes are defined in `generic-x.el'."
  (interactive
   (list (completing-read "Generic mode: " generic-mode-list nil t)))
  (funcall (intern mode)))