From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Case folding for auto-mode-alist Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:30:17 +0100 Message-ID: <86640nnvxy.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <87wsth6vk5.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200710231430.l9NEUk8x012690@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87ejflzv18.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <200710231607.l9NG7EoD016139@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87abq9zpnz.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <200710231835.l9NIZ7HB025212@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87640xzn9p.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <871wblzjn3.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <878x5thrjs.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <877ilckafs.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87y7dsh6xt.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87k5pa407o.fsf_-_@baldur.tsdh.de> <87ejfe5kjx.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193844633 1936 80.91.229.12 (31 Oct 2007 15:30:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:30:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 31 16:30:36 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1InFWd-0007L2-D9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:30:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1InFWT-0006NF-GC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:30:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1InFWQ-0006Kd-8E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:30:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1InFWO-0006IX-MU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:30:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1InFWO-0006IU-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:30:20 -0400 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1InFWN-00024r-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:30:20 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (dslnet.212-29-44.ip210.dokom.de [212.29.44.210] (may be forged)) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA21497 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:30:11 +0100 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 26349 invoked from network); 31 Oct 2007 15:30:18 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 31 Oct 2007 15:30:17 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 80A908F289; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:30:17 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed\, 31 Oct 2007 11\:19\:46 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:82222 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman writes: > >> Yes, you can get that by setting auto-mode-case-fold. >> But for some reason that still escapes me, Richard is strongly opposed to >> activating it by default. > >> Because it is too drastic for the actual problem, and likely to often >> be wrong. > > Yes, that is your claim. I have seen no evidence that it will "likely" and > "often" be "wrong". As a matter of fact I have seen no evidence that it will > ever be "wrong". .c vs .C for C vs. C++ files is probably the most relevant item, and .Z vs .z for compress vs uh, pack? files could be one, though in practice one would uncompress both of those "legacy" formats with gunzip. -- David Kastrup