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From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: questions about gnuemacs
Message-ID: <5474@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 88 16:42:31 GMT
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In-reply-to: warsaw@cme-durer.ARPA's message of 26 Jan 88 15:41:43 GMT

warsaw@cme-durer.ARPA writes:
   1) Is there an online method to find out what version of gnu I'm
   running?  How can I get all the changes to give me the current
   new-and-improved? 

M-x emacs-version.

You'll have to FTP a current distribution from
prep.ai.mit.edu:/u/emacs, or UUCP a copy of it from osu-cis.  For
osu-cis, see periodic posting of instructions in comp.sources.d.

   3) How do I get a file to set it's mode automatically when I visit it?
   For example, I have a file that is created using outline-mode and I
   always have to set the mode when I visit it during a new session.

You can force a file to have a particular mode by including comments
in the file describing its mode.  This is documented in the GNU Emacs
Manual, section 28.2.4 [Local Variables in Files].  You can get it in
"info" mode by 
	C-h i			Call info mode.
	m Emacs			Go to Emacs-related info.
	m Customization		Select Customization-related topics.
	m Variables		Variables for customization.
	m File Variables	You're there.

   Also, postnews calls gnu as my default editor and I'd like it to set
   the mode of the temp file to Text Fill automatically.  How can I do
   this?

You can do things ~/.emacs with the auto-mode-alist which defines what
file patterns get what modes.  Look in loaddefs.el in the lisp
directory for Emacs.
-=-
Karl