Re: Can priority of interpreter-mode-alist over auto-mode-alist be changed?

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

Will Parsons wrote:
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>> Will Parsons <wbp@nodomain.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>>>> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 27.03.2008 um 13:42 schrieb skuhagen:
>>>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>>>  #\
>>>>>>  exec tclsh "$0" "$@"
>>>>> Why can't you use
>>>>>
>>>>> 	#!/bin/tclsh
>>>>>
>>>>> directly?
>>>> In some cases, because the script has to be run on multiple machines
>>>> that have different paths to tclsh.
>>>> I've used "Local Variables" sections to solve that in the past.
>>>> I wouldn't be surprised if there is a better way these days.
>>> This seems to be a regression with Emacs 22.  I, too, have tcl scripts
>>> which begin with the common Tcl idiom cited by the OP, and they are
>>> correctly recognized as tcl mode in Emacs 21 but shell mode in Emacs 22.
>>>
>>> So, I'd like to join the OP in asking how to get the original behaviour
>>> back?
>> Three minutes of investigation led me to think that you're looking for
>> the variable "magic-mode-alist".  
> 
> Perhaps it is, but if so, after reading the description of the variable I
> am left with no idea of how to use it to get the desired effect.

How about:

(add-to-list 'magic-mode-alist
	     (cons (regexp-quote "#\\\nexec tclsh \"$0\" \"$@\"")
		   'tcl-mode))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA