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: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ocqco7fi.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87y6pb8lqh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87my5qngab.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87eiquuq7j.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <83vdk69evw.fsf@gnu.org> <87tyzovxd7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251762457 11048 80.91.229.12 (31 Aug 2009 23:47:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, Eli Zaretskii , rms@gnu.org, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 01 01:47:29 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 1MiGau-0005QB-RM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:47:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39000 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MiGau-0004Is-9R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MiGap-0004Ia-9F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MiGaj-0004IO-Tq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49402 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MiGaj-0004IL-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:40470 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MiGah-0001jv-K5; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:15 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEANP9m0pFpYuS/2dsb2JhbACBU9gThBoFh2c X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,308,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="44676762" Original-Received: from 69-165-139-146.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.139.146]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 31 Aug 2009 19:46:08 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7B0807F24; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87tyzovxd7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:03:48 -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:114927 Archived-At: > 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? Stefan