Emacs and mmm-mode trouble

aliensub · 01-13-2006, 07:08 PM

I am pretty mucha newbie when it comes to Emacs. I have tried to customize it to fit into asp programming. Therefore I use the mmm-mode package which makes me run visual-basic-mode inside html-helper-mode.

The problem I have is that the background colour on the visual-basic parts is a wrong colour which I have tried to change without luck. I am not even able to switch the background colour off. This is all tried to be done in my .emacs file.

I have pasted my .emacs file below. Hope you can help me resolve this annoying thing....

I have put hashmarks around the line which should change the colour

Code:

;;************************************************************
;; configure HTML editing
;;************************************************************

    (require 'visual-basic-mode)
    ;;
    ;; configure css-mode
    (autoload 'css-mode "css-mode")
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.css\\'" . css-mode))
     (setq cssm-indent-function #'cssm-c-style-indenter)
    (setq cssm-indent-level '2)
    ;;
    (add-hook 'visual-basic-mode-user-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
    ;;
    (require 'mmm-mode)
    (setq mmm-global-mode 'maybe)
    ;;
    ;; set up an mmm group for fancy html editing
    (mmm-add-group
     'fancy-html
     '(
             (html-asp-tagged
                    :submode visual-basic-mode
                    :face mmm-code-submode-face
                    :front "<[%]"
                    :back "[%]>")
             (html-css-attribute
                    :submode css-mode
                    :face mmm-declaration-submode-face
                    :front "style=\""
                    :back "\"")))
    ;;
    ;; What files to invoke the new html-mode for?
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inc\\'" . html-helper-mode))
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.phtml\\'" . html-helper-mode))
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.asp[34]?\\'" . html-helper-mode))
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.[sj]?html?\\'" . html-helper-mode))
    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.inc\\'" . html-helper-mode))
    ;;
    ;; What features should be turned on in this html-mode?
    (add-to-list 'mmm-mode-ext-classes-alist '(html-helper-mode nil html-js))
    (add-to-list 'mmm-mode-ext-classes-alist '(html-helper-mode nil embedded-css))
    (add-to-list 'mmm-mode-ext-classes-alist '(html-helper-mode nil fancy-html))
  
################################################
  ;;Set no coloured background for VB Script
    (set-face-background 'mmm-default-submode-face "gray15")
################################################


;;************************************************************
;; configure various settings
;;************************************************************

;;Don't open files in new window
(defun my-new-frame-with-new-scratch ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((one-buffer-one-frame t))
    (new-frame-with-new-scratch)))

;;Open new frame with Apple-N
(define-key osx-key-mode-map (kbd "A-n") 'my-new-frame-with-new-scratch)

;;Remove toolbar
(tool-bar-mode)

foo_bar_foo · 01-14-2006, 04:12 PM

emacs lisp is certainly not my forte but try
(setq mmm-submode-decoration-level 1)
or
(setq mmm-submode-decoration-level 2)

aliensub · 01-14-2006, 08:10 PM

Tried to do it but without result....

foo_bar_foo · 01-14-2006, 11:26 PM

the manual says mmm-default-submode-face sets color for all submodes the same ?
this would be Low coloring or
(setq mmm-submode-decoration-level 1)
so it might be you want
(setq mmm-submode-decoration-level 0)
which turns off submode background in mmm (i think)
also possibly use
(set-face-background 'mmm-default-submode-face nil)
or leave that line out alltogether

it's real easy in emacs to have one color setting stomp on the other.
if you can stop mmm
you might be able to set background for mode like normal

try this just as another blind try on my part
(this works here for naked non-mmm modes)

Code:

(add-hook 'visual-basic-mode-user-hook
              '(lambda ()
                 (set-background-color  "grey15")))

aliensub · 01-15-2006, 05:20 PM

Thanx for trying it out....

I have tried to use the
(set-face-background 'mmm-default-submode-face nil)

And also the decorations levels without any result.

I really would like not to disable mmm since it then can mix html and vb in one file.

I just discovered that *Messages* writes the following when opening a file that uses the mmm mode:

Fontifying udlejning.asp... (Attributes ...)
Error during redisplay: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil

foo_bar_foo · 01-15-2006, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aliensub

Thanx for trying it out....

I really would like not to disable mmm since it then can mix html and vb in one file.

I just discovered that *Messages* writes the following when opening a file that uses the mmm mode:

Fontifying udlejning.asp... (Attributes ...)
Error during redisplay: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil

yea i just meant add the hook below the other hook for vb you have in there
to see if it does anything.
another thing to try is just hacking at the vb mode itself.
just a guess the error is about indentation
sorry i can't help further working with variables in emacs modes is a bit like shooting at a moving target.

aliensub · 01-15-2006, 06:52 PM

This is pretty weird or embarrassing.

just for the luck of it I tried mingeling with the (setq mmm-submode-decoration-level 0) which I had tried using 40 times already.
For some reason when putting it below the (setq mmm-global-mode 'maybe) it works.
Don't know why it didn't work everywhere else.....

Sorry for wasting your time :-) But thanx for trying