From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Essential question [re: Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be]
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 07:30:51 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kn2n10$bm7$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5194BE49.4070105@mousecar.com>
On 5/16/13 5:08 AM, ken wrote:
> On 05/16/2013 02:27 AM Kevin Rodgers wrote:
>> On 5/15/13 5:48 AM, ken wrote:
>>> On 05/15/2013 01:17 AM Kevin Rodgers wrote:
>>>> On 5/14/13 2:39 PM, ken wrote:
>>>>> On 05/14/2013 09:39 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>>>>> Emacs does look at the magic signature, see magic-mode-alist.
>>>>>
>>>>> ....
>>
>> Yes: Instead of trying to detect text files by their content, detect all
>> the
>> other kinds of files by their content or name (and then default to
>> Fundamental
>> mode).
>>
>
> So given this:
>
> echo This is not an image file. > list.gif; emacs list.gif &
>
> which mode should emacs invoke?
If you agree with the convention that .gif files are GIF images, then
image-mode.
If you choose to violate that convention, then I suggest:
echo -e "-*- mode: Text;-*-\nThis is not an image file." > list.gif; emacs list.gif
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-16 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-13 9:47 "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be ken
2013-05-13 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-13 16:51 ` ken
2013-05-13 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-14 2:34 ` ken
2013-05-14 6:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-14 8:59 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-05-14 12:22 ` ken
2013-05-14 13:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-14 20:39 ` ken
2013-05-14 20:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-14 20:45 ` Jai Dayal
2013-05-14 21:39 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-05-14 23:23 ` How to unsubscribe (was: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be) Bob Proulx
2013-05-15 2:16 ` Jai Dayal
2013-05-15 7:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-16 12:50 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-05-14 21:36 ` "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be ken
2013-05-15 5:17 ` Kevin Rodgers
2013-05-15 7:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-15 11:56 ` ken
2013-05-15 12:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.25840.1368618972.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-05-16 3:49 ` Jason Rumney
2013-05-15 11:48 ` ken
2013-05-16 6:27 ` Kevin Rodgers
2013-05-16 11:08 ` Essential question [re: Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be] ken
2013-05-16 13:30 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2013-05-16 14:26 ` ken
2013-05-16 14:39 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-05-18 13:59 ` Kevin Rodgers
2013-05-19 12:10 ` ken
2013-05-16 14:23 ` ken
2013-05-16 14:41 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-05-16 14:48 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-16 22:00 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-05-14 11:58 ` "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be ken
2013-05-13 17:59 ` ken
2013-05-13 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-13 18:15 ` Bob Proulx
2013-05-14 2:26 ` ken
[not found] ` <mailman.25692.1368498372.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-05-14 2:38 ` Barry Margolin
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