Re: Support file-type guess using file/libmagic when source file does not have a suffix

[Shigio YAMAGUCHI]

Hi,

I recognize libmagic as an equivalent of file(1).

Can it decide language type correctly?

Can it accommodate new languages?

Isn't it better to use it as a tool for creating file lists? 

Regards,

Shigio

2017-02-21 10:39 GMT+09:00 Jun Sheng <address@hidden>:

specifying the filetype in commandline is a good idea, but why not going further, make gtags read file type when read file list ?

and I attached a patch, which will guess file type using libmagic 

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:16 PM Shigio YAMAGUCHI <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

> Hi,

> There, what about adding file-type guessing when the source file does not have a suffix?

>

> Currently when the file doesnot have a suffix, gnu global wont parse it,

> this is a problem when perl/python ... files. and gtags cant specify lang-type on command-line.

You are right.

Currently, we have a plan to do the following:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-global/2016-10/msg00003.html

Does this specification fulfill your requirements?

Regards,

Shigio

2017-02-20 15:45 GMT+09:00 Jun Sheng <address@hidden>:

Hi, 

There, what about adding file-type guessing when the source file does not have a suffix?

Currently when the file doesnot have a suffix, gnu global wont parse it, this is a problem when perl/python ... files. and gtags cant specify lang-type on command-line.

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