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Re: doc-view-set-doc-type's generality
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: doc-view-set-doc-type's generality |
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Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:57:09 -0500 |
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> I mean, I could see the logic if it the code tried to detect cases of one
> extension (let's say, ".doc") that could represent different content-types.
AFAICT the main purpose is to detect the case of a pdf content with
a .doc extension and vice-versa. It's based on the idea that neither
extensions nor "magic content" are 100% reliable.
Stefan