$mode-names(5)

NAME

$mode-names - Filtered mode name list

SYNOPSIS

$mode-names ModeName

DESCRIPTION

$mode-names must first be initialized to the required filter string, if the variable is evaluated before it is initialized the value will be set to "ABORT" and the command will fail.

The filter string can contain wild-card characters compatible with most file systems, namely:-

?


Match any character.

[abc]


Match character only if it is a, b or c.

[a-d]


Match character only if it is a, b, c or d.

[^abc]


Match character only if it is not a, b or c.

*


Match any number of characters.

Note that these are not the same characters used by exact(2m) mode.

Once initialized, evaluating $mode-names returns the name of the next mode which matches the filter until no more modes are found, in which case an empty string is returned.

EXAMPLE

The following example prints out the name of all modes to the massage line one at a time. Note that &set(4) is used on the !while(4) statement to avoid evaluating $mode-names twice per loop.

set-variable $mode-names "*" 
!while &not &seq &set #l0 $mode-names "" 
    100 ml-write &cat "mode: " #l0 
!done 

SEE ALSO

buffer-mode(2), &bmode(4), $buffer-names(5), $command-names(5).

(c) Copyright JASSPA 1999
Last Modified: 1998/09/03
Generated On: 1999/12/01