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Re: C file recoginzed as image file
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: C file recoginzed as image file |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:38:12 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
> The point is that contents detection is not infallible, but it is much
> more reliable (if done correctly) than extension matching. I don't see
> why we should treat the latter as more significant (or even equally
> significant) that the former.
Content detection sometimes works well, but sometimes not. OTOH name-based
detection overall works more reliably because that's what Unix has used for
many years.
I think that giving precedence to one over the other is an error.
Stefan
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, (continued)
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, David Kastrup, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, David Kastrup, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, David Kastrup, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Chris Moore, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stefan Monnier, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stephen Leake, 2007/01/09
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stefan Monnier, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stefan Monnier, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stefan Monnier, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/01/08
- Re: C file recoginzed as image file, Stuart D. Herring, 2007/01/08