$pgn->comments was Re: DCPM: perltutopen blues....

[Steve Marvell]

Simon Waters wrote:

> > Use cperl-mode, not the default perl-mode with GNU Emacs.
> 
> Hmm okay when I figure out how to change mode.... 

In your ~/.emacs file:

(defun modify-alist (alist-symbol key value &optional search-cdr)
  (let ((alist (symbol-value alist-symbol)))
    (while alist
      (if (eq (if search-cdr
		  (cdr (car alist))
		(car (car alist))) key)
	  (setcdr (car alist) value)
	(setq alist (cdr alist))))))

(modify-alist 'interpreter-mode-alist 'perl-mode 'cperl-mode t)
(modify-alist 'auto-mode-alist        'perl-mode 'cperl-mode t)

Now you don't have to change mode.

Steve