Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

[Saptarshi]

Hello,
I would like to open all files whose name starts with
"mail.google.com" in org-mode.
I tried,
1) -->  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^mail\\.google\\.com" . org-
mode))

and this doesn't work. Thinking something wrong with my regexp, i
tried to open all files whose name starts with "mail" in org mode,
2) -->  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^mail" . org-mode))

which also didn't work.

How do I get (1) to work?

Thank you in advance
Saptarshi

Re: Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2009-05-22 09:32 (-0700), Saptarshi wrote:

> I would like to open all files whose name starts with
> "mail.google.com" in org-mode.
> I tried,
> 1) -->  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^mail\\.google\\.com" . org-mode))

It has to match against full path name. I suggest you try this:

    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
                 '("/mail\\.google\\.com\\'" . org-mode))

Re: Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

[Saptarshi]

>
> It has to match against full path name. I suggest you try this:
>
>     (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
>                  '("/mail\\.google\\.com\\'" . org-mode))

Thank you, I tried this, but got a File Mode specification error:
(invalid-regexp "Trailing Backslash")

The file was called mail.google.com.23234

Emacs is 22.3.1

Thank you
Saptarshi

Re: Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.05.2009 um 18:32 schrieb Saptarshi:

> 1) -->  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^mail\\.google\\.com" . org-
> mode))

Presumingly the file's name does not start with ``mail´´ but with / 
some/path/elements/to/mail....

Could you try it with ^ substituted by / ?

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   Pete

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Re: Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Saptarshi <saptarshi.guha@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to open all files whose name starts with
> "mail.google.com" in org-mode.
> I tried,
> 1) -->  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^mail\\.google\\.com" . org-
> mode))

The entire path is matched against the expression, so the ^ is the
problem.  Try:

"/mail\\.google\\.com"


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

Re: Auto-mode-alist, issue with regexp

[Saptarshi Guha]

Perfect. Thank you to everybody. The explanation helped me understand
where I was going wrong.
I'm using ItsAllText firefox extension to compose replies/messages
from GMAIL in Aquamacs. ItsAllText opens aquamacs with a file name
like mail.google.com.[A-Za-z0-9]+.txt which i would ultimately like to
open in message mode.

Thanks again
Regards
Saptarshi Guha



On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> wrote:
> Saptarshi <saptarshi.guha@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would like to open all files whose name starts with
>> "mail.google.com" in org-mode.
>> I tried,
>> 1) -->  (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^mail\\.google\\.com" . org-
>> mode))
>
> The entire path is matched against the expression, so the ^ is the
> problem.  Try:
>
> "/mail\\.google\\.com"
>
>
> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher
>