* File mode specification error?
@ 2007-06-04 19:07 troelskn
2007-06-04 19:11 ` Joel J. Adamson
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From: troelskn @ 2007-06-04 19:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
(newbie-warning)
I just installed emacs 22 on windows. If I open up a *.el file, there
is no font-lock, and I get the following error message:
File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument stringp ("\\.dz\
\'" nil jka-compr))
Anyone have an idea about, what that is?
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* Re: File mode specification error?
2007-06-04 19:07 File mode specification error? troelskn
@ 2007-06-04 19:11 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-06-04 19:27 ` troelskn
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From: Joel J. Adamson @ 2007-06-04 19:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
troelskn <troelskn@gmail.com> writes:
> (newbie-warning)
>
> I just installed emacs 22 on windows. If I open up a *.el file, there
> is no font-lock, and I get the following error message:
>
> File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument stringp ("\\.dz\
> \'" nil jka-compr))
>
> Anyone have an idea about, what that is?
That's a regular expression my friend, the way emacs identifies file
types (in this case). Read the friendly manual on Emacs/POSIX regular
expression syntax under "M-x info" (this takes you into info mode,
then you can read the Emacs manual, a chapter of which is dedicated to
regular expressions).
As annoying as the message is, you can enable font-lock by typing "M-x
font-lock-mode RET" or putting
;; Global font-lock mode
(global-font-lock-mode 1)
into your .emacs file. This enables font lock by default for every
buffer. I love it. Every buffer comes up all colorful...
By your newbie warning, do you mean you're new to Emacs, or new to
Emacs 22?
--
Joel J. Adamson
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Boston, MA 02114
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* Re: File mode specification error?
2007-06-04 19:11 ` Joel J. Adamson
@ 2007-06-04 19:27 ` troelskn
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From: troelskn @ 2007-06-04 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> That's a regular expression my friend, the way emacs identifies file
> types (in this case). Read the friendly manual on Emacs/POSIX regular
Ah ... that makes sense then. I had copy-pasted the following code to
bind filename to mode:
(setq auto-mode-alist
(append
(list
'("\\.php" . php-mode)
auto-mode-alist)))
Replacing with this, fixed the problem:
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
'("\\.php$" . php-mode))
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
--
troels
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