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From: rsnyder@hpesoc1.HP.COM (Rob Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Need help w/ Gnu auto-mode-alist
Message-ID: <3990004@hpesoc1.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 88 17:30:41 GMT
References: <760003@hpwale.HP.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Try putting this in you .el file:
(setq auto-mode-alist
	(cons '("\\.c" . c++-mode) auto-mode-alist))
(setq auto-mode-alist
	(cons '("\\.doc" . nroff-mode) auto-mode-alist))

Rob Snyder
Hewlett-Packard Entry Systems Operation
Cupertino, CA

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