GNU bug report logs - #97
regression in Emacs 22 recognizing Tcl mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "William B. Parsons" <wbparsons <at> alum.mit.edu>

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:00:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 3354

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "William B. Parsons" <wbparsons <at> alum.mit.edu>,
        97 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#97: regression in Emacs 22 recognizing Tcl mode
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:03:46 -0400

  The following valid Tcl script is recognized automatically as Tcl mode
  under Emacs 21 but as shell mode under Emacs 22:

  #!/bin/sh
  exec tclsh "$0" ${1+"$@"}
  puts test

  i.e., the shebang overrides the .tcl extension in determining
  programming mode.

If the shebang specified /bin/tcl, it would be recognized as a Tcl file.
In ambiguous situations like this, it's better to use a `-*-' line or
local variables list (see the node "Choosing Modes" in the Emacs
manual).
This bug report was last modified 16 years and 46 days ago.

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