[Gambas-user] M-x visual-basic-mode

[Rob]

I discovered that there's a Visual BASIC mode for Emacs, and it 
works well on Gambas class files too (even uses Mixed Case for 
the commands, as it should be, instead of ALL CAPS :) )  Grab it 
here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/docs/ntemacs/contrib/visual-basic-mode.el

Of course, since it's emacs you then have to jump through hoops 
to get it to work automatically.  On Mandrake you copy the above 
file here:

/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp

And add the following lines to /etc/emacs/site-start.el:

;; load visual basic mode for editing gambas files

(load-library "visual-basic-mode")
    (setq auto-mode-alist (cons 
'("\\.\\(frm\\|class\\|form\\|module\\|bas\\|cls\\|vbs\\)$" . 
visual-basic-mode) auto-mode-alist))

I find this very helpful for editing classes in non-GUI projects 
like the CGI stuff I've been playing with.

Rob