Re: File type not recognised

[Reiner Steib]

On Fri, Oct 07 2005, Peter Dyballa wrote:

> Am 07.10.2005 um 16:25 schrieb Stefan Monnier:
>
>>> I think a PostScript file does not start with %!TEX ...
>>
>> Try "file <blabla>" and you'll probably see that %! is
>> traditionally used as the marker of a PS file.
>
> No.

$ file -version
file-4.09
magic file from /etc/magic:/usr/share/misc/magic
$ echo -e '%!TEX'|file -
/dev/stdin: PostScript document text

You can replace the entry in `magic-mode-alist' if you don't like the
default:

(setq magic-mode-alist
      (remove '("%![^V]" . ps-mode) magic-mode-alist))
(add-to-list 'magic-mode-alist '("%!\n" . ps-mode))
(add-to-list 'magic-mode-alist '("%!PS-Adobe" . ps-mode))

Bye, Reiner.
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