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Re: ext/ names (was: re:[PATCH] HP/SGI extensions to...)
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 08:43:51PM +0100, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Nathan Myers wrote:
>
> > It is contemptuous to suggest to people that they should go through
> > a rigmarole to tell their editor the file type every time they open
> > a file,
>
> Nathan, sorry if I'm misunderstanding you due to my bad command of the
> English language, but I would not call a "rigmarole" what is in fact,
> in the worst case ('nedit') only a *single* click!!
I doubt nedit is the "worst case". A "single" click per open is a
hundred clicks for a hundred opens. That's a rigmarole.
> > or tell them to use the "right" editor.
>
> Emacs, even if you don't like it, is a marvelous *GNU* software which
> has much contributed to the fame and glory of GNU all around the
> world.
Emacs, BTW, doesn't "deduce" the file type from its format; we have a
special tag inserted in each header just to avoid confusing Emacs.
Depending on your editor to scan for magic file content tags is evil,
and expecting everybody's editor to interpret the same magic tag the
same way is rude.
Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org