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problem with C-x C-f
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
problem with C-x C-f |
Date: |
Fri, 28 May 2004 17:43:31 +0200 (CEST) |
I have a plain text file called `errata.z'. Trying to visit the file
with C-x C-f fails, giving the following message:
Error while executing "gzip -c -q -d < errata.z"
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
This is fine, but actually how do I load this file? My intuitive try
was C-u C-x C-f, but this doesn't work. The help text for C-x C-f
doesn't give a hint either.
After checking the info files I found the function
find-file-literally. While it works, it still gives the above error
message which is irritating IMHO.
My suggestions:
. Bind C-u C-x C-f to `find-file-literally'.
. I think find-file should try harder to open a file. If a file
exists and uncompressing fails there is a high chance that the
file isn't compressed at all, so it should handle the file as
uncompressed. This status should be remembered for saving the
file.
Werner
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