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Re: bug in files.el/set-auto-mode

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 14:25
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Joan Eslinger writes:
 > In "GNU Emacs 18.52.3 of Wed Mar 8 1989 on largo(berkeley-unix)
 >
 > Automode setting is supposed to happen if -*- MODENAME -*- is in the
 > first non-blank line of a file, but because * is special even in
 > non-regexp searches if you happen to have a line like
 > 
 > #	Key Computer Laboratories, Inc. (KCL) - System V - Febo1989
 > 
 > as the first line, emacs will try to set the file to (non-existent)
 > "system" mode.

I copied the above line to the top of a file, and typed "emacs -q file"
and didn't get an error.  The file buffer was in Fundamental mode as
expected.  I'm running GNU Emacs v18.52.

Also, `*' is not a special character in non-regexp searches; there are
no special characters in non-regexp searches.  I don't know what the
problem really is.
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From: kjones@talos.uu.net (Kyle Jones)
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Subject: Re: bug in files.el/set-auto-mode
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Date: 25 Jan 90 14:25:26 GMT
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Posted: Thu Jan 25 15:25:26 1990