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CloudStrife wrote:
> I have some tcl files that donot have .tcl extension in file name. So
> when i open them in emacs the tcl mode is not turned on. can i enforce
> this onto the file.
> Cloud
> 

Cloud,


If they have another ending, say, .tc,
adding
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.tc\\'" . tcl-mode) 't)
to your .emacs file should associate files ending with '.tc'
with tcl-mode.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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