bug#11434: 24.0.96; Determining major mode for a given file extension

[Reuben Thomas]

On 8 May 2012 17:38, Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote:
> For now, I propose to rename it
> "*coffee-compiled*.js", but I'd appreciate suggestions as to how I could
> do this better. It would be nice to be able to give set-auto-mode a
> clue, in the form of a filename or an interpreter name, for cases like this.

Since it's the file name, not the buffer name, that matters, my
current solution is to do:

  (setq buffer-file-name "compiled.js")
  (set-auto-mode)
  (setq buffer-file-name nil)

Does that seem reasonable?

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