Hello,

I'm trying to open a file with emacs automatically set on sh-mode.
The file name can't be used to guess that emacs should be in sh-mode
when opening it.

So I tried:

$ emacs -f sh-mode foo

But that doesn't work.

Could anybody give me some advices ?

Thanks

// Francis Moreau writes:

Put
,----
| # -*- mode:sh -*-

On Aug 14, 12:53 am, "Francis Moreau" gmail.com> wrote:

If the file content's first line starts with “#!”, then you could use
the magic-mode-alist.

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How Emacs Choose Modes

Emacs determines what mode to use primarily by 2 mechanisms, in order:
(1) Check the first line in the file, using “magic-mode-alist”. (2)
Check the file name's suffix, using “auto-mode-alist”.

The “magic-mode-alist” is a list that emacs use to match the first
line of a file with a mode. For example, if you want files that begin
with the line “ always use nxml-mode, then add the following to your “.emacs”:

In article <64d8ebaf-0c89-4e9d-9aee-86b4e9414449@o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
Xah gmail.com> wrote:

Xah -- question about the characters in your posts:

If I or someone sees eg a url in one of your posts, and
wants to go to that url (because you've suggested doing that,
maybe), it's a little difficult to just cut-n-paste your string,
what with all the extra control or whatever they are characters
mixed in.

David Combs wrote:

The summation sign “∑” in my sig is my and my website signet.

dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:

I'm sorry. Which URL are you referring to? All the URLs I can see are
plain ASCII and can be copied without a problem.

regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

On Sep 14, 3:35 pm, dkco...@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:

Xah, thanks much for your explanations.

David