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Peter Wu <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:

> However, I notice that if I create a XML or Perl file, I don't need to add
> some similar code in the .emacs file and Emacs can do the job correctly. I
> think there must be some settings that configure Emacs to offer such
> functionality. Can anyone show me how to do this? Thanks!

It's done when Emacs is built/compiled.

Your procedure is the right one, I believe.

(You could add the code to site-start.el if you want to avoid every
user having to put it in their .emacs file.)
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