From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Roland Winkler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs interface for the unix file(1) command Date: 09 Oct 2003 22:39:56 +0200 Organization: FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065732422 3576 80.91.224.253 (9 Oct 2003 20:47:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:47:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 09 22:47:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A7hga-0002Oh-00 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 22:47:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A7hg7-0001dj-VP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:46:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed.r-kom.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!uni-erlangen.de!news.uni-erlangen.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 13 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tfkp14.physik.uni-erlangen.de Original-X-Trace: rznews2.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1065731999 3014 131.188.164.214 (9 Oct 2003 20:39:59 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@uni-erlangen.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2003 20:39:59 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117175 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13102 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13102 Matthias Meulien writes: > Roland Winkler wrote: > > > Is there an emacs interface for the unix file(1) command? > > Look at the `dired-show-file-type' command; it's binded to the `y' key > in dired mode. Note that you'll have to load the dired-aux library. Is there also something that allows me to "do the right thing" according to the output of file? Roland