[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
emacs-29 bd5ef3ef95: Improve the documentation of 'auto-mode-alist' sear
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
emacs-29 bd5ef3ef95: Improve the documentation of 'auto-mode-alist' search |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:01:49 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-29
commit bd5ef3ef95e989fa7c2c4e9f24851d7e165abbdf
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Improve the documentation of 'auto-mode-alist' search
* doc/emacs/modes.texi (Choosing Modes): Expand the description of
"recursive extension stripping" using 'auto-mode-alist'.
(Bug#60930)
---
doc/emacs/modes.texi | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/modes.texi b/doc/emacs/modes.texi
index d0eacce084..06f9929092 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/modes.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/modes.texi
@@ -430,10 +430,15 @@ For example, one element normally found in the list has
the form
mode for files whose names end in @file{.c}. (Note that @samp{\\} is
needed in Lisp syntax to include a @samp{\} in the string, which must
be used to suppress the special meaning of @samp{.} in regexps.) If
-the element has the form @code{(@var{regexp} @var{mode-function}
-@var{flag})} and @var{flag} is non-@code{nil}, then after calling
-@var{mode-function}, Emacs discards the suffix that matched
-@var{regexp} and searches the list again for another match.
+the element has the form @w{@code{(@var{regexp} @var{mode-function}
+@var{flag})}} and @var{flag} is non-@code{nil}, then after calling
+@var{mode-function} (if it is non-@code{nil}), Emacs discards the
+suffix that matched @var{regexp} and searches the list again for
+another match. This ``recursive extension stripping'' is used for
+files which have multiple extensions, and the ``outer'' extension
+hides the ``inner'' one that actually specifies the right mode. For
+example, backup files and GPG-encrypted files with @file{.gpg}
+extension use this feature.
@vindex auto-mode-case-fold
On GNU/Linux and other systems with case-sensitive file names, Emacs
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- emacs-29 bd5ef3ef95: Improve the documentation of 'auto-mode-alist' search,
Eli Zaretskii <=