Re: Error on http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html_node/Auto-Major-Mode.html

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On Nov 25, 3:17 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > But the rule for a file name without a dot should be:
> >                ("/[^\\./]*\\'" . fundamental-mode)
>
> > Where should I tell this so that the error could be modified?
>
> Do Alt+x report-emacs-bug.

If I understand it correctly I need to have Emacs configured to send e-
mail, but I found that I can send the bug to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
I'll do that.


> > Also on some places end of the filename is written like \\' and on
> > other places like $. What is the difference between those two?

> Strictly speaking, using “\” is more proper, but often “$” works too
> unless the file name contains newline char. (thanks to Barry who
> explained this earlier here)

In my case the two would be equivalent (I never have a filename with a
newline in it), but I'll change the occurences with the better one.