From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: file-start-mode-alist Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:09:25 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179103178 30163 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2007 00:39:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 00:39:38 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 14 02:39:34 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 1HnOb2-0002Be-De for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 02:39:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HnOij-0006Sx-L1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:47:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HnOif-0006Sl-TE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HnOie-0006SK-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HnOie-0006SH-3u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:47:20 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts20.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.74] helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HnOaw-00042s-11 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([70.55.144.218]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070514003921.VKBD1637.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home> for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:39:21 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E3A16B54D3; Thu, 10 May 2007 15:09:25 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:70991 Archived-At: Is it OK to change the name of this var to `magic-default-mode-alist'? I think `file-start' is a bad choice because it makes the relation to magic-mode-alist non-obvious, and it incorrectly implies that only the start of the file is used, even though the match-function might very well use the end of the file (or any other part, as a matter of fact) instead. Stefan