From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brian Adkins Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Can't paste from files with .arc extensions Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:38 -0400 Message-ID: <47D479AE.3010800@lojic.com> References: <47D32BE3.5000707@lojic.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205121796 821 80.91.229.12 (10 Mar 2008 04:03:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 10 05:03:44 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JYZEf-0004Uc-Pc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:03:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYZE7-00056I-Qj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPj-0003Oq-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPh-0003Mk-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYVPg-0003MT-Us for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYVPg-00052t-VQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JYVPg-00011M-9p for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYVPd-000527-IZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:44 -0400 Original-Received: from rs48.luxsci.com ([65.61.166.92]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYVPd-00051n-42; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:58:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.0.0.71] (adsl-068-209-204-112.sip.rdu.bellsouth.net [68.209.204.112]) (authenticated bits=0) by rs48.luxsci.com (8.13.1/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m29Nwc09007963 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:58:39 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:02:20 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91994 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21490 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote, On 03/09/2008 04:53 PM: > Paul Graham's new Arc language uses .arc as an > extension > > They are asking for trouble by using that extension. They should > change the extension ASAP. What is the problem? Arc programming language files are plain text and archive files are binary, right? Shouldn't that be enough to distinguish between them? > I am not sure whether we should try to make Emacs distinguish between > Arc programs and .arc archives. If this can be done so reliably > that it never makes a mistake, then we may as well do it. But if it > is not that reliable, better to tell all Arc programmers that they > should put -*-arc-language-*- in their files. > > Is the implementation of Arc free software? > >