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From: stuart@previous.ADS.COM (Stuart Crawford)
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Subject: making emacs the default instead of edit?
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Date: 19 Jul 90 17:56:52 GMT
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I have the line (server-start) in my .emacs file, and have aliased the
command "emacs" to "/usr/lib/emacs/etc/emacsclient".  In this way, I
can type "emacs filename" in any shell or terminal window and have an
emacs buffer appear that contains filename.  

Now this all works nicely and is, in fact, quite handy.  What I would
really love, though, is to double click on a text file in the
directory browser and have the file appear as an emacs buffer instead
of as a window for the Edit application.  

I can do this for *many* (not all) files by using the Unknown application.
For example, I replace lines like this:

h:Edit:

with the corresponding line:

h:Unknown:/usr/lib/emacs/etc/emacsclient %s

I do 'dwrite Unknown Verify No' to suppress the display of the usual
alert box.  Everything works as you would expect.

How, though, can I get files *without* a suffix to appear in the Emacs buffer?



Stuart
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