(tags-table-mode): New function.

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

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
index ac2cc23048a..d9f4698ecf7 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ One argument, the tag info returned by `snarf-tag-function'.")
   (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.
 FILE should be the name of a file created with the `etags' program.
@@ -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