bug#23835: 25.1.50; opening a file named ebrowse tries to start EBrowse

bug#23835: 25.1.50; opening a file named ebrowse tries to start EBrowse

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

When trying to do:

	C-x C-f ebrowse RET

Emacs tries to be a bit too smart, and thinks that it should switch
the mode on the file to ebrowse-tree-mode.  


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bug#23835: 25.1.50; opening a file named ebrowse tries to start EBrowse

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:32:06 -0400
> 
> When trying to do:
> 
> 	C-x C-f ebrowse RET
> 
> Emacs tries to be a bit too smart, and thinks that it should switch
> the mode on the file to ebrowse-tree-mode.  

That's the intended behavior, since 'ebrowse' the program produces
files named by default EBROWSE, and that mode was programmed for those
files.

OK to close this bug?

bug#23835: 25.1.50; opening a file named ebrowse tries to start EBrowse

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
   > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:32:06 -0400
   > 
   > When trying to do:
   > 
   > 	C-x C-f ebrowse RET
   > 
   > Emacs tries to be a bit too smart, and thinks that it should switch
   > the mode on the file to ebrowse-tree-mode.  

   That's the intended behavior, since 'ebrowse' the program produces
   files named by default EBROWSE, and that mode was programmed for those
   files.

   OK to close this bug?

Wouldn't it be better to check that the file is infact a "ebrowse"
file using a file local variable though?  And default to "text" if the
file in question is empty? 

bug#23835: 25.1.50; opening a file named ebrowse tries to start EBrowse

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
> CC: 23835@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:37:37 -0400
> 
>    > 	C-x C-f ebrowse RET
>    > 
>    > Emacs tries to be a bit too smart, and thinks that it should switch
>    > the mode on the file to ebrowse-tree-mode.  
> 
>    That's the intended behavior, since 'ebrowse' the program produces
>    files named by default EBROWSE, and that mode was programmed for those
>    files.
> 
>    OK to close this bug?
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to check that the file is infact a "ebrowse"
> file using a file local variable though?  And default to "text" if the
> file in question is empty? 

How is this file different from all the other files in
auto-mode-alist?  They all turn on the mode regardless of the actual
contents of the file.

bug#23835: 25.1.50; opening a file named ebrowse tries to start EBrowse

[Stefan Kangas]

tags 23835 + notabug wontfix
close 23835
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
>> CC: 23835@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:37:37 -0400
>>
>>    > 	C-x C-f ebrowse RET
>>    >
>>    > Emacs tries to be a bit too smart, and thinks that it should switch
>>    > the mode on the file to ebrowse-tree-mode.
>>
>>    That's the intended behavior, since 'ebrowse' the program produces
>>    files named by default EBROWSE, and that mode was programmed for those
>>    files.
>>
>>    OK to close this bug?
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to check that the file is infact a "ebrowse"
>> file using a file local variable though?  And default to "text" if the
>> file in question is empty?
>
> How is this file different from all the other files in
> auto-mode-alist?  They all turn on the mode regardless of the actual
> contents of the file.

I agree with Eli here.  It makes sense to use the ebrowse mode in this
case.  I'm therefore closing this bug report.

If anyone disagrees, feel free to reopen.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas