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1. A new Modula-2 mode for emacs

• if you want a new Modula-2 mode for emacs this might be worthing exploring
• it is still alpha code but it offers the following features:
  • highly configurable using emacs menu options
  • ability to toggle bold/underline/italic for keywords/variables etc
  • key short cuts for common language statements/blocks
  • electric END block matching

2. How to install the new Modula-2 mode

• download the mode

• $ cd
  $ mkdir local-el
  $ cd local-el
  $ wget http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gm2.git/plain/gcc-versionno/gcc/m2/el/gm2-mode.el

• add the following to your $HOME/.emacs
• 
  $HOME/.emacs

  (setq load-path (cons "~/local-el/" load-path))
  
  ;; always use auto-fill-mode when in text mode
  ;;   (stops emacs from line wrapping in makefiles !)
  (add-hook ’text-mode-hook
            ’(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1)))
  
  ;; auto load definitions
  
  (defun prepend-to-auto-mode-alist (pair)
    "Add PAIR onto start of auto-mode-alist"
    (setq auto-mode-alist (cons pair auto-mode-alist)))
  
  (prepend-to-auto-mode-alist ’ ("\.mod$" . gm2-mode))
  (prepend-to-auto-mode-alist ’ ("\.def$" . gm2-mode))
  
  
  (autoload ’gm2-mode "gm2-mode" "GNU Modula-2 mode")

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