From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: using libmagic in Emacs? Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87hbw35mar.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83zl9vgovc.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250881846 31123 80.91.229.12 (21 Aug 2009 19:10:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , stephen@xemacs.org, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 21 21:10:38 2009 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 1MeZVS-0005m7-LT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:10:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57509 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MeZVR-0002gY-UJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MeZVM-0002gJ-Tt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MeZVI-0002dI-Ku for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50910 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MeZVH-0002d8-9a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:23 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:20240 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MeZVD-0001Gu-NZ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:19 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqIEACOOjkpFxIrq/2dsb2JhbACBU9UqhBoFh1Y X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,251,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="43940057" Original-Received: from 69-196-138-234.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.138.234]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 21 Aug 2009 15:09:37 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 754767F36; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:18 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:32:08 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:114490 Archived-At: > Actually, I think the interface should be `file-type' or some such. > If it will return the MIME type, `file-mime-type' seems like a good > name. We need two functions: - one implemented in C which provides the info from libmagic, no more no less. - one implemented in Elisp which uses the previous one as well as other techniques (maybe even auto-mode-alist). So yes, the second one can be called `file-mime-type', but the first would better be called `file-magic' or somesuch. Stefan