Autoload cookies with derived modes?

There's something hairy about autoload cookies with derived modes. An example of this would be php-mode.el from prog-modes. The version currently in CVS doesn't work as it should out of the box, when doing a "xemacs some_file.php" with it, I get: Symbol's value as variable is void: php-font-lock-keywords-3 The solution of course is not to add autoload cookies to all def(var|un)'s and the like. Adding (require 'php-mode) to init.el would help, but it's not "out of the box". One workaround is to put an autoload cookie into a dummy autoload, instead of the derived mode. The patch below fixes php-mode for me, as well as the sml-mode package from unsupported/scop, which after this hack, is finally working in XEmacs :) Maybe The Right Thing would be to "fix" derived.el? Anyway, I'll commit this one unless someone tells me that it's horribly wrong and will break when/if define-derived-mode works like a defun with autoload cookies. Of course, better ideas/fixes are appreciated. Index: php-mode.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/prog-modes/php-mode.el,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -a -u -r1.8 php-mode.el --- php-mode.el 2002/07/15 19:37:27 1.8 +++ php-mode.el 2002/07/31 22:48:07 ＠＠ -219,7 +219,9 ＠＠ (defconst xemacsp (string-match "Lucid\\|XEmacs" emacs-version) "Non nil if using XEmacs.") +;; XEmacs hack: autoload a dummy autoload instead of a derived mode. ;;;###autoload +(autoload 'php-mode "php-mode") (define-derived-mode php-mode c-mode "PHP" "Major mode for editing PHP code.\n\n\\{php-mode-map}" -- \/ille Skyttä ville.skytta at xemacs.org