On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:21:56 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems ("bind emacs" is not a good search string in a search engine
> :-) that there is no Emacs mode for either BIND configuration files or
> for zone files.
>
> For configuration files, the generic "conf-*" modes are OK, for
> instance conf-javaprop-mode is quite reasonable.
>
> But for zone files?
The built-in Emacs search engine (C-h a) returns the
following when I type "zone" as the search argument.
zone <menu-bar> <tools> <games> <zone>
Command: Zone out, completely.
zone-mode M-x zone-mode RET
Command: A mode for editing DNS zone files.
zone-mode-update-serial M-x zone-mode-update-serial RET
Command: Update the serial number in a zone.
zone-mode-update-serial-hook M-x zone-mode-update-serial-hook RET
Command: Update the serial number in a zone if the file was modified
I guess the first one is outside your scope.
I've used zone-mode implicitly for years, and supposed
"everyone knew". Emacs just does the "right thing"; I'm not
sure what heuristic it uses. Perhaps naming my files like
"ucd.ie.zone" is what triggers it. I really like the
automatic serial update: no extra reload because I've
forgotten, as used to happen when I used a different editor.
Have a good weekend.
/Niall
