Re: How to set a file major mode in elisp

[Bastien]

Mirko <mvukovic@nycap.rr.com> writes:

> In a piece of elisp, I would like to open an existing file and set its
> major mode for later editing.  This is an example of the code that I
> am using
>
> (defun diary-entry ()
>   (interactive)
>   (find-file "~/diary")
>   (goto-char (point-max))
>   (open-line 1)
>   (goto-char (point-max))
> ... )

This looks weird...

> I will be adding an entry to the diary file, and I would like the
> buffer to be in the diary mode.  Is there some way of specifying it
> explicitly instead of using auto-mode-alist?

(diary-mode) ?

-- 
Bastien