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Re: using libmagic in Emacs?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: using libmagic in Emacs? |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:09:23 +0300 |
> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:19:12 +0300
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> I agree that running `file' is a simpler solution.
PLEASE do not base Emacs infrastructure on external programs, unless
they come with Emacs. `file' is not available on every platform, and
even on those it is, the quality and extent of its database is unclear
and so cannot be relied upon.
I really don't understand why linking against a simple free library is
an issue, but if it is, we should find a different solution using some
database internal to Emacs, as we did until now.
In any case, invoking external programs without being smart about
their non-existence is not something we should have in Emacs.
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, (continued)
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Juri Linkov, 2009/08/23
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, joakim, 2009/08/24
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Richard Stallman, 2009/08/24
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Miles Bader, 2009/08/24
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, joakim, 2009/08/25
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, James Cloos, 2009/08/25
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2009/08/25
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/08/25
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Juri Linkov, 2009/08/25
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Juri Linkov, 2009/08/29
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Juri Linkov, 2009/08/30
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/08/30
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Juri Linkov, 2009/08/31
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/08/31
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Richard Stallman, 2009/08/31
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Richard Stallman, 2009/08/30
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Chong Yidong, 2009/08/31
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Juri Linkov, 2009/08/31
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/08/31
- Re: using libmagic in Emacs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/08/31