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From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
Subject: Re: did syntax for setq auto-mode-alist or regexp change with 21.3.1?
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:00:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7eekaj4l1g.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1120154956.527628.38170@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com

"Tom" <tmarinus@yahoo.com> writes:

> This worked with emacs 20.7.1 on Linux
>
> (setq auto-mode-alist (cons
> `("makefile\\(\\.aix\\|\\.hp\\|\\.sol\\|\\.linux\\|\\.gcc\\)\\'".makefile-mode)
>
> Any ideas why the first form no longer works?

it is sufficient to add a space around the dot, and use a
forward-single-quote (instead of backtick), resulting in:

'("makefile\\(\\.aix\\|\\.hp\\|\\.sol\\|\\.linux\\|\\.gcc\\)\\'"
  . makefile-mode)

here, i added a newline and some more spaces as well -- how many
isn't as important as the presence of at least one.  this form
will work for both old and new emacs.  that the form w/o spaces
worked at all for old emacs is probably a fluke.

thi

      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-06-30 21:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-30 18:09 did syntax for setq auto-mode-alist or regexp change with 21.3.1? Tom
2005-06-30 20:48 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-06-30 21:00 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]

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