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I notice that the current auto-mode-alist entries all end with a single quote, for example
("\\.java\\'" . java-mode) What is the purpose of the single quote. I would have expected to see
("\\.java$" . java-mode) The reason I ask is that I am trying to get files with names matching regexp
^twiki\.corp.* to open in org-mode. I have tried the following without success:
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("^twiki\\.corp" . org-mode)) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\'twiki\\.corp" . org-mode)) The following works:
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("twiki\\.corp" . org-mode)) but is not quite what I want since file names with twiki.corp embedded in them will be opened in org-mode.
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To get a list of the all the available modes, both major and minor, on your system's version of Emacs, look up "mode" using Emacs' apropos command. Do this by pressing C-h a and entering the word mode .
The standard default value is fundamental-mode . If the default value is nil , then whenever Emacs creates a new buffer via a command such as C-x b ( switch-to-buffer ), the new buffer is put in the major mode of the previously current buffer.
\\' matches the empty string at the end of the string/buffer:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Regexp-Backslash.html e l
$ will match the end of the line: If you have newlines in your filename (very uncommon) $ will match the newline and not the end of the string.
The regex is matched against the whole filename, so you need include "/" to match the directory seperator:
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("/twiki\\.corp" . org-mode)) If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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