Re: How to turn off conf-mode

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 12.12.2007 um 07:49 schrieb Robert L Knighten:

> The problem is that it is not just one file, and the files are  
> neither named
> nor constructed by me.
>
> I think the relevant dotted pair in auto-mode-alist is
>
>  ("[/.]c\\(?:on\\)?f\\(?:i?g\\)?\\(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\\)?\\'" .  
> conf-mode)
>
> but I don't know what to do about it.  I don't want to simply  
> override this
> without understanding what else this will affect.


In my Emacsen .out files are not listed in the set of files for which  
conf-mode should be applied. Or, to be more exact: this is my  
interpretation of the lines and I cannot make .out files open in conf- 
mode. So it's likely that you add something. To find out when it happens

	1.) launch GNU Emacs with --no-init-file and open such a .out file

	2.) launch GNU Emacs with --no-site-file and open such a .out file

In case 1 your personal .emacs or default.el is not loaded, only the  
system's ones.
In case 2 the system's init file(s) is (are) not loaded, only your  
personal one.

If in case 1 the .out file is opened in conf-mode, then the system's  
init file(s) set(s) it.
If in case 2 the .out file is opened in conf-mode, then your personal  
init file sets it.
If in case 1 and in case 2 the .out file is opened in conf-mode, then  
both are polluted and you should launch GNU Emacs with -Q!

If your personal init file sets it, then it's easy to correct the  
setting: delete the statement!
If your system's init file(s) set(s) it, then it's also easy to  
correct the setting in your personal init file: remove the mapping  
from the alist:

	(remove '("<whatever>" . conf-mode) auto-mode-alist)


BTW, the reg-exp you're citation tells (most probably):

	.cfg, .conf, .cnf, .config files are opened in conf-mode.

I don't understand the \\(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\\) part – can it  
really stand for *any* extension? If it's really that, then remove  
the line cited from auto-mode-alist and add it in a changed form with  
the reg-exp part I don't understand:

	(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("[/.]c\\(?:on\\)?f\\(?:i?g\\)\\'".  
conf-mode))

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