(tags-table-mode): New function.

(tags-verify-table): Replace initialize-new-tags-table with tags-table-mode.

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
index ac2cc23048a400d0c8d508ac226491bfc21a5af1..d9f4698ecf7017d2312a94d579c1651cea396d5c 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ One argument, the tag info returned by `snarf-tag-function'.")
   ;; Value is t if we have found a valid tags table buffer.
   (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tags-table-format-functions))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun tags-table-mode ()
+  "Major mode for tags table file buffers."
+  (interactive)
+  (setq major-mode 'tags-table-mode)
+  (setq mode-name "Tags Table")
+  (initialize-new-tags-table))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun visit-tags-table (file &optional local)
   "Tell tags commands to use tags table file FILE.
@@ -415,7 +423,7 @@ Returns non-nil iff it is a valid table."
       ;; having changed since we last used it.
       (let (win)
        (set-buffer (get-file-buffer file))
-       (setq win (or verify-tags-table-function (initialize-new-tags-table)))
+       (setq win (or verify-tags-table-function (tags-table-mode)))
        (if (or (verify-visited-file-modtime (current-buffer))
                ;; Decide whether to revert the file.
                ;; revert-without-query can say to revert
@@ -434,7 +442,7 @@ Returns non-nil iff it is a valid table."
            (and verify-tags-table-function
                 (funcall verify-tags-table-function))
          (revert-buffer t t)
-         (initialize-new-tags-table)))
+         (tags-table-mode)))
     (and (file-exists-p file)
         (progn
           (set-buffer (find-file-noselect file))
@@ -446,7 +454,7 @@ Returns non-nil iff it is a valid table."
                     (setcar tail buffer-file-name))
                 (if (eq file tags-file-name)
                     (setq tags-file-name buffer-file-name))))
-          (initialize-new-tags-table)))))
+          (tags-table-mode)))))
 
 ;; Subroutine of visit-tags-table-buffer.  Search the current tags tables
 ;; for one that has tags for THIS-FILE (or that includes a table that