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Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:

> Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
>
>> Does anyone know how to disable/stop doc-view mode from attempting to
>> convert files when you are in dired and you hit view-file on a ps, pdf,
>> file?
>
> I'm a bit curious.  Which mode would you expect when trying to view an
> ps/pdf/dvi file in emacs?

For PostScript, I would expect ps-mode, of course:
| (ps-mode)
|
| Major mode for editing PostScript with GNU Emacs.

Unfortunately, there are no specialized modes for editing PDF and DVI
files, so I would expect that a default mode for viewing binary files
is chosen.

-- 
Klaus Straubinger