Re: Case folding for auto-mode-alist

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> * files.el (auto-mode-alist): Allow mixed-case for pdf and dvi
>>> extensions.
>> 
>> Apart from that. I don't think people using .dVi as a file extension
>> should be encouraged... :)

> There was some discussion about `auto-mode-alist' before the release
> of 22.1.  IIRC it has been suggested to first go through it
> case-sensitively and if no match was found, try it ignoring case.

Yes, you can get that by setting auto-mode-case-fold.
But for some reason that still escapes me, Richard is strongly opposed to
activating it by default.


        Stefan