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Trouble getting archive files to load

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Davin Pearson" <davin.pearson <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Trouble getting archive files to load
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:16:24 +1200

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Running Emacs with -Q and -q and executing the following code:

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
'("\\.\\(arc\\|zip\\|tar\\|gz\\|lzh\\|zoo\\)\\'" . archive-mode))

gives the following error when I try to load a *.tar or *.tar.gz file:

File mode specification error: (error "Buffer format not recognized")

It works fine loading *.zip files however.

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In GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-03-27 on RELEASE
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENZ
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  encoded-kbd-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> C-x
C-f <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <M-backspace>
<M-backspace> <M-backspace> h o <tab> / . <backspace>
<backspace> / . <backspace> <backspace> . e m <tab>
<return> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <up> <up> <right>
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right>
<right> <right> <right> <right> <end> <left> <left>
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left>
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <up> <left>
<left> <down> <left> <left> <left> C-k C-x u <escape>
<escape> <escape> <up> M-: C-y <return> C-d C-x C-f
b a <tab> <return> <return> C-x k <return> <down> <down>
<return> C-x k <return> M-x r e p r <tab> <backspace>
r <tab> <backspace> o r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Loading dired...
Loading regexp-opt...done
Loading dired...done
Loading arc-mode...done
File mode specification error: (error "Buffer format not recognized")
Loading jka-compr...done
uncompressing Carls-Latex-Stuff-20050828-233128.tar.gz...done
Note: file is write protected
File mode specification error: (error "Buffer format not recognized")
Loading emacsbug...done


-- 
Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin.
Davin Pearson http://www.davinpearson.com

Message #10 received at 541 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Davin Pearson <davin.pearson <at> gmail.com>, 541 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#541: Trouble getting archive files to load
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:53:49 +0100

tags 541 wontfix
thanks

Davin Pearson wrote:

> Running Emacs with -Q and -q and executing the following code:
> 
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
> '("\\.\\(arc\\|zip\\|tar\\|gz\\|lzh\\|zoo\\)\\'" . archive-mode))
> 
> gives the following error when I try to load a *.tar or *.tar.gz file:
> 
> File mode specification error: (error "Buffer format not recognized")

Archive mode is not supposed to handle those formats. gz is handled by
jka-compr, which is enabled by default, and tar is handled by tar-mode,
also enabled by default. archive-mode is enabled by default for .arc,
.zip, .lzh and .zoo files as well as other formats, so removing that
line from your .emacs should make things work as desired.

Message #17 received at 541-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 541-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#541: Trouble getting archive files to load
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:35:35 -0400

I don't see a need to keep open this particular report, which was marked
"wontfix" some time ago.

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