From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: juri@jurta.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, rms@gnu.org,
joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: using libmagic in Emacs?
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:16:20 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838wgz9wxn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv63c35yxc.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:14 -0400
> Cc: juri@jurta.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, rms@gnu.org, joakim@verona.se,
> emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> > No one has yet explained why we shouldn't deal with such failures by
> > simply fixing Emacs' file detection, instead of relying on libmagic or
>
> Because we don't want to keep reinventing the wheel, do we?
What wheel is that? Emacs has been consulting various internal
databases since time immemoriam. We do the same with Unicode
databases as well.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-01 3:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-18 18:35 using libmagic in Emacs? joakim
2009-08-18 19:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-18 20:01 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-18 20:35 ` joakim
2009-08-18 21:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-19 2:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-19 3:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-19 13:47 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-19 15:57 ` joakim
2009-08-19 19:46 ` next bugfix release? [was: Re: using libmagic in Emacs?] Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-19 21:06 ` next bugfix release? Chong Yidong
2009-08-19 21:53 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-19 22:56 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-08-19 23:16 ` Nick Roberts
2009-08-20 9:02 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-20 11:19 ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-20 15:13 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-08-20 15:47 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-19 19:05 ` installing features on trunk (was: using libmagic in Emacs?) Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 18:59 ` Bidi support Stefan Monnier
2009-08-21 20:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-22 3:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-22 8:18 ` Jason Rumney
2009-08-22 5:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-22 7:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-24 1:45 ` Kenichi Handa
2009-08-24 3:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-24 7:17 ` Kenichi Handa
2009-08-24 3:25 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-19 0:57 ` using libmagic in Emacs? Juri Linkov
2009-08-20 3:42 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-22 23:36 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-24 0:07 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-24 0:17 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-24 7:33 ` joakim
2009-08-25 2:08 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-25 2:19 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-25 5:09 ` joakim
2009-08-25 13:27 ` James Cloos
2009-08-25 21:41 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2009-08-25 17:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-25 20:37 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-29 23:19 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-30 3:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-30 20:54 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-31 2:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-31 16:17 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-31 17:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-09-01 12:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-09-01 16:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01 21:20 ` Richard Stallman
2009-09-03 19:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-04 7:52 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-31 22:21 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-31 3:33 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-31 15:03 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-31 16:19 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-31 23:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01 3:16 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2009-09-01 5:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01 12:16 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-25 20:36 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-19 22:49 ` joakim
2009-08-19 23:20 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-20 1:03 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-20 3:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-20 4:50 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-20 18:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 0:19 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-20 18:32 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-21 19:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-22 5:03 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-23 1:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-20 13:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-20 19:19 ` joakim
2009-08-20 22:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-08-21 9:55 ` joakim
2009-08-21 11:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 17:38 ` joakim
2009-08-21 17:46 ` Rupert Swarbrick
2009-08-21 18:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-08-21 19:13 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-21 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 21:48 ` joakim
2009-08-21 22:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-08-22 20:18 ` joakim
2009-08-22 23:13 ` Ken Raeburn
2009-08-23 23:38 ` joakim
2009-08-24 3:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-24 12:30 ` joakim
2009-08-23 3:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-21 19:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-21 13:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-08-20 18:32 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-20 20:27 ` Reiner Steib
2009-08-21 14:08 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-21 19:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-28 0:27 ` Language identification (was: using libmagic in Emacs) Juri Linkov
2009-08-28 4:58 ` Language identification Stefan Monnier
2009-08-28 9:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-28 14:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-29 4:11 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-29 14:21 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-29 0:46 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-29 4:13 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-29 15:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-29 16:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-28 19:16 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-29 1:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-30 16:01 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-29 20:20 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-29 22:48 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-31 3:32 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-31 8:42 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-31 8:59 ` Jan D.
2009-08-31 3:33 ` Richard Stallman
2009-08-28 6:45 ` Alex Ott
2009-08-28 6:46 ` Alex Ott
2009-08-28 19:08 ` Juri Linkov
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