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: Re: Case folding for auto-mode-alist Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:21 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wsth6vk5.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878x5wrgnv.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <87prz6yn1c.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> <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 1193770861 10791 80.91.229.12 (30 Oct 2007 19:01:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:01:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 30 20:01:03 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 1ImwKR-0002MD-6o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:00:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ImwKH-0002KT-KE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ImwKE-0002Gy-Fv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ImwKD-0002Fm-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ImwKC-0002FY-RW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:28 -0400 Original-Received: from x-132-204-242-121.xtpr.umontreal.ca ([132.204.242.121] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ImwKC-0006Er-Fu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:28 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9E1EFB4ABE; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:21 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:07:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:82149 Archived-At: >>> * files.el (auto-mode-alist): Allow mixed-case for pdf and dvi >>> extensions. >> >> Apart from that. I don't think people using .dVi as a file extension >> should be encouraged... :) > There was some discussion about `auto-mode-alist' before the release > of 22.1. IIRC it has been suggested to first go through it > case-sensitively and if no match was found, try it ignoring case. 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. Stefan