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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: dooglus@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, lekktu@gmail.com,
	c.a.rendle@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
	monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: C file recoginzed as image file
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:48:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uejq5i9ku.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m38xgdilqc.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (storm@cua.dk)

> From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:25:47 +0100
> Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, c.a.rendle@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, dooglus@gmail.com,
> 	emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >
> > Basically, I think that determining the major mode for a given file should
> > neither give precedence to auto-mode-alist nor magic-mode-alist.  Instead it
> > should consider both.  Each one can associate a file with a set of possible
> > major modes (typically the set will be singleton) or say "don't know"
> > (which would be basically the set of all major modes).
> >
> > E.g. auto-mode-alist would give "don't know" for a file named "/b/c/foo" but
> > would give the set { perl-mode, prolog-mode } for a file named
> > "/b/c/foo.pl".  Then magic-mode-alist would give other sets of modes (based
> > on things like the #! interpreter name, the -*- ... -*- cookie, etc...).
> > If the intersection of the two sets is a singleton, then use that
> > major-mode, otherwise query the user to decide whether to believe the file
> > name or the contents.  After all, an inconsistently named file is generally
> > a sign that there's something wrong, so it's good to prompt the user
> > about it.
> 
> This is definitely the best proposal I've seen so far for solving this.

But not something we should do before the release, IMO, however
tempting it may be.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-01-08 19:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 150+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-05 14:27 C file recoginzed as image file Charles Rendleman
2007-01-05 14:46 ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 14:52   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-05 15:02   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 19:02     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 22:23       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 22:44         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 22:47           ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-05 23:01           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-05 23:15             ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-06 18:07             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 18:49               ` Chris Moore
2007-01-06  0:12         ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-06 18:07           ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07 19:20           ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  2:55       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 10:52         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-06  3:20       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-06 10:58         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-07 16:50           ` Mathias Dahl
2007-01-07  3:46         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  5:36           ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08  5:32             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-08 15:09               ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 15:25                 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-01-08 17:32                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-08 19:54                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 11:12                       ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2007-01-09 11:44                         ` Chong Yidong
2007-01-09 11:57                           ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2007-01-09 12:40                           ` David Kastrup
2007-01-09 13:03                             ` martin rudalics
2007-01-09 12:57                           ` Chong Yidong
2007-01-09 16:01                           ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-09 13:11                         ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-15  6:06                           ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-09 21:49                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 22:20                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-01-08 19:48                   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-01-08 22:34                     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:26                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09  4:08                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09  9:48                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 11:06                             ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-09 12:01                               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 12:16                                 ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-09 12:23                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10  1:04                                   ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-10  9:05                                     ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-10  9:38                                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10 23:06                                       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 21:54                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 21:55                                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 23:56                                     ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10  0:21                                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10 15:11                                         ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10 15:17                                           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09 21:08                             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 21:40                               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-08 17:09                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-01-08 20:26                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08 20:39                   ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 20:48                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08 20:52                       ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 21:03                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09  7:57                           ` David Kastrup
2007-01-09  9:08                             ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 18:50                               ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 19:47                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 22:38                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-09 23:19                                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-10  1:12                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-10  1:37                                       ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-08 22:42                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-08 23:27                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:39                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09  2:07                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:32                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08 23:43                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09  0:11                       ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-09  0:19                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 13:16                   ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-09 17:57                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 19:59                   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10  1:04                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  9:04           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-08 13:34               ` Chris Moore
2007-01-08 18:20                 ` David Kastrup
2007-01-08 21:02                   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-08 21:14                   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09  0:01                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09  1:08                   ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 17:57                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 23:24                       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 23:39                         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-10  1:00                           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-10  1:05                             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-09  4:40                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-01-09 21:07                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-10  4:23                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-01-10 23:05                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-09 13:07                   ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-09 13:25                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-09 13:57                       ` Vinicius Jose Latorre
2007-01-09 23:37                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-15  6:10                         ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-09 22:58                       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-09 23:31                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-10  1:31                       ` Stephen Leake
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07 10:05           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-06  2:55     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  3:16       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-06 12:48       ` Chris Moore
2007-01-07  3:47         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  9:21           ` Chris Moore
2007-01-07  9:58             ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-08  5:32             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-08 14:05               ` Reiner Steib
2007-01-08 14:16                 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-01-08 18:12                   ` Stuart D. Herring
2007-01-09  0:01                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-14  2:52                   ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-14 18:55                     ` Sascha Wilde
2007-01-15 14:58                       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-15 15:14                         ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-19 16:14                           ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-19 16:33                             ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-19 17:10                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-20  2:10                                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-20 23:38                                   ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-21 22:27                                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-21 22:36                                       ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-21 22:47                                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2007-01-22  9:04                                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-14 23:23                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-15  1:14                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-15  5:59                         ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-01-15 23:27                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07 11:49           ` Jason Rumney
2007-01-07 16:21             ` Stefan Monnier
2007-01-08  5:33             ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  2:55   ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06 12:42     ` Chris Moore
2007-01-07  3:47       ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-07  9:28         ` Michaël Cadilhac
2007-01-08  5:32           ` Richard Stallman
2007-01-06  2:55 ` Richard Stallman

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