Re: Skipping the buffer extension .~HEAD~ when choosing major mode during ediff session

[Johan Bockgård]

Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:

> Johan Bockgård wrote:
>> Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Is there a simple way for emacs to ignore the .~HEAD~ suffix when its
>>> chooses its major-mode based on name of the file/buffer. The .~HEAD~
>>> suffix is typically appended to a temporary buffer name created when
>>> we ediff a file with its vc head version.
>>
>> Emacs versions >= 22.2 already do the right thing.
>
> If one wanted to explain to Nordlöw how Emacs 22.2 does it, where would
> one look?  There's no mention in etc/NEWS.

[file-name-sans-versions]

                         (length name))
                   (if keep-backup-version
                       (length name)
-                    (or (string-match "\\.~[0-9.]+~\\'" name)
+                    (or (string-match "\\.~[-[:alnum:]:#@^._]+~\\'" name)
                         (string-match "~\\'" name)
                         (length name))))))))

-- 
Johan Bockgård