I ran the auto-mode-alist in both windows native emacs version and the X11
version and compared them. There was no difference!
Also I use lower case .c in my files.
Thanx for the pointer any way
"Kai Großjohann" <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
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> "c. kumar" <kumarchi@attbi.com> writes:
>
> > This behavior happens only when I fire up emacs under /cygwin/X11.
> > I have also native binaries of emacs installed. If I fire that up it
> > automatically recognizes the c-code and sets the mode appropriately.
>
> Maybe there is a case-sensitivity problem with Emacs/Cygwin?
>
> Maybe auto-mode-alist contains entries for *.c files but your file is
> named *.C...
>
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