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* What does "file handler" mean?
@ 2013-02-23  1:45 Xue Fuqiao
  2013-02-23  2:37 ` Stefan Monnier
  2013-02-23  7:47 ` Michael Albinus
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xue Fuqiao @ 2013-02-23  1:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

In the docstring of 'process-file', 'process-file-side-effects',
'start-file-process' and many functions, there is a term "file handler".  What
does this phrase mean?  Thanks.

-- 
Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/XueFuqiao



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* Re: What does "file handler" mean?
  2013-02-23  1:45 What does "file handler" mean? Xue Fuqiao
@ 2013-02-23  2:37 ` Stefan Monnier
  2013-02-23  7:47 ` Michael Albinus
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2013-02-23  2:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

> In the docstring of 'process-file', 'process-file-side-effects',
> 'start-file-process' and many functions, there is a term "file
> handler".  What does this phrase mean?  Thanks.

Check file-name-handler-alist.


        Stefan




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* Re: What does "file handler" mean?
  2013-02-23  1:45 What does "file handler" mean? Xue Fuqiao
  2013-02-23  2:37 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2013-02-23  7:47 ` Michael Albinus
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Albinus @ 2013-02-23  7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xue Fuqiao; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:

> In the docstring of 'process-file', 'process-file-side-effects',
> 'start-file-process' and many functions, there is a term "file handler".  What
> does this phrase mean?  Thanks.

See the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, section "Making Certain File Names".

(info "(elisp)Magic File Names")

Best regards, Michael.



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