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: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87hbw35mar.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83zl9vgovc.fsf@gnu.org> <87d46o4ez5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250989420 8714 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2009 01:03:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:03:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , rms@gnu.org, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 23 03:03:32 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 1Mf1UZ-0005oS-IB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:03:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47033 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mf1UY-0001j6-KX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mf1UR-0001g8-W7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mf1UN-0001ak-Ik for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50957 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mf1UN-0001ag-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:22197) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mf1UK-0003FQ-M6; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArwEAOYxkEpFxIHU/2dsb2JhbACBUtEKhBoFh1o X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,258,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="44028961" Original-Received: from 69-196-129-212.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.129.212]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 22 Aug 2009 21:02:31 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D7076B40E6; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:03:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87d46o4ez5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:03:42 +0900") 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:114524 Archived-At: >> So yes, the second one can be called `file-mime-type', but the first >> would better be called `file-magic' or somesuch. > Eli doesn't like that, and he's convinced me. `file-type-by-magic' > or some such, I think. Even if the reader hasn't had the benefit of a > classical education, they will have some idea of what's going on. As long as `magic' is in the name, that's OK. Stefan