On Wed, Apr 06 2011, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> Here's my attempt.  This works for ELisp code but not for others (the
> `cond' needs to be extended obviously).  Am I on the right track?  Is
> there a map of mode to "short name" that the highlight code uses?  Or
> can it just take the `major-mode' as string in addition to the "short
> name", since it uses that for fontification anyhow?

You do not need a cond. Simply put the current major mode symbol's name
without the -mode, e.g. lisp-interaction-mode -> lisp-interaction.

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