Major mode equivalent in Visual Studio 2008

[sundarvenkata]

Hi All,

Is there a major mode equivalent in Visual Studio 2008?. Since I am
from Emacs background, I am finding it hard to draw equivalent
terminologies.

Thanks in advance.
Sundar

 

[Fred Mellender]

In so far as a major mode customizes Emacs for editing text of a particular
sort there is no precise equivalent. In VS, when a "project" is created a
specific language (C#, C++, etc) is specified. When the project is opened,
that causes the text editor to conform to that language with indentation,
color, IntelliSense, spacing, etc. There are all sorts of Options (in VS)
that you can specify for the text editor, by language, as well. If you look
at Tools/Options you will see these.