Hello,

how can I import a new major-mode into emacs, and where can I find a
particular one ? I'm looking for a mode for VHDL-code. Furthermore it
would be nice that emacs marks two corresponding brackets with a colour
if the cursor is on one of these. I know this feature from another
emacs-installation.

Thanks in advance

Dirk Fischer

  > [...] Furthermore it would be nice that emacs marks two
  > corresponding brackets with a colour if the cursor is on one of
  > these. [...]

You didn't specify your Emacs version, I'll assume the most current:
Emacs 20.2.

M-x customize-variable RET show-paren-mode RET

PS: Why don't you search the Net (InfoSeek, AltaVista, Lycos) for
    `vhdl-mode.el' or `vhdl.el'?

kai
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OOP: object oriented programming;  OOPS: object oriented mistakes

For Emacs VHDL Mode Home Page see
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/8287/
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Regards

Glenn Eng

glenn....@nortel.com
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.emacs: 5-Aug-98 VHDL-mode for emacs by Dirk
Fisc...@gmx.de

I forgot exactly how I found the mode, but a web search usually works
well.  Something like "VHDL mode emacs" or "vhdl-mode.el" should do the
trick.  Anyway, the URL is
http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~zimmi/vhdl-mode.html
Installation instructions are in the comments at the top of the file.

If you are using Emacs-19, put this in your .emacs:
(require 'paren)
(setq show-paren-delay '0.0625)
(setq show-paren-face 'highlight)

The last two lines are optional, feel free to change them to suit your
preferences.  I believe the behavior has changed in Emacs-20.  Start
with "M-x load-library RET paren RET" and then "M-x apropos RET paren RET"
and see what you get.

Hope this helps,

Pete Boettcher
boettc...@cmu.edu

A VHDL mode is available from :
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/8287/

For the flashing parentheses, add (require 'parens) to your .emacs file.

Can I suggest the power of Dejanews to you as well - a 2 minute search
turned up the VHDL mode homepage announcement.

Malcolm