GNU bug report logs - #60896
make error if not in 7z format

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 60896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60896: dired-view-file vs. .7z
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:08:55 +0200

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  60896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:13:48 +0800
> 
> Also maybe some message should be printed if no .gz or .7z handler is
> found. Same for the rest: .jpg etc.
> 
> Currently emacs just opens the file in fundamental mode.
> 
> Emacs should print a message that it looked for a handler but didn't
> find one.

Sorry, no.  That way lies madness: most of the files Emacs users visit
have no handlers.  Announcing we didn't find a handler will be a
terrible annoyance.

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