Re: Essential question [re: Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be]

[Kevin Rodgers]

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

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA