Re: Can priority of interpreter-mode-alist over auto-mode-alist be changed?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Will Parsons wrote:
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Will Parsons <wbp@nodomain.invalid> writes:
> >
> > > Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > > > Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > Am 27.03.2008 um 13:42 schrieb skuhagen:
> > > > > > #!/bin/sh
> > > > > >  #\
> > > > > >  exec tclsh "$0" "$@"
> > > > > Why can't you use
> > > > >
> > > > >         #!/bin/tclsh
> > > > >
> > > > > directly?
> > > > In some cases, because the script has to be run on multiple machines
> > > > that have different paths to tclsh.
> > > > I've used "Local Variables" sections to solve that in the past.
> > > > I wouldn't be surprised if there is a better way these days.
> > > This seems to be a regression with Emacs 22.  I, too, have tcl scripts
> > > which begin with the common Tcl idiom cited by the OP, and they are
> > > correctly recognized as tcl mode in Emacs 21 but shell mode in Emacs 22.
> > >
> > > So, I'd like to join the OP in asking how to get the original behaviour
> > > back?
> > Three minutes of investigation led me to think that you're looking for
> > the variable "magic-mode-alist".  
>
> Perhaps it is, but if so, after reading the description of the variable I
> am left with no idea of how to use it to get the desired effect.

How about:

(add-to-list 'magic-mode-alist
             (cons (regexp-quote "#\\\nexec tclsh \"$0\" \"$@\"")
                   'tcl-mode))

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA