What is a simple way to combine two Emacs major modes, or to change an existing mode?

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Published on 2010-04-29T14:52:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 14:57 UTC
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In Emacs, I'm working with a file that is a hybrid of two languages.

Question 1: Is there a simple way to write a major mode file that combines two major modes?

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The language is called "brew" (not the "BREW" of "Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless").
brew is made up of the languages R and Latex, whose modes are R-mode and latex-mode.
The R code appears between the tags <% and %>. Everything else is Latex.
How can I write a brew-mode.el file? (Or is one already available?)

One idea, which I got from this posting, is to use Latex mode, and treat the code of the form <% ... %> as a comment.

Question 2: How do you change the .emacs file or the latex.el file to have Latex mode treat code of the form <% ... %> as a comment?

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