Re: Can priority of interpreter-mode-alist over auto-mode-alist be changed?

[Will Parsons]

Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 29.03.2008 um 05:51 schrieb Tim X:
>> The way the OP wants to call the script is how Tcl and other scripting
>> languages recommend doing it. This avoids having to hard code the tcl
>> path in the script
>
> This could be achieved the way it's done with Perl scripts
>
>       :
>       eval 'exec perl -w -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'

There's no need introduce eval - the lines
   #\
   exec tclsh "$0" ${1+"$@"}
serve to invoke tclsh.

> The first line allows to use
>
>       # -*- perl -*-
>
> or
>
>       # -*- tcl -*-
>
> to evoke the proper mood in GNU Emacs ...

Yes, of course - but the fact remains that it shouldn't be necessary to do
this, and in fact it wasn't under Emacs 21.

-- 
Will