Re: image.el doesn't associate image-mode with .JPG files

[Stefan Monnier]

>> >>> I've made my decision about this, and I don't want to argue it
>> >>> further.
>> >> Does anybody agree with Richard on this one?
>> 
>> > Technically I prefer Jason's solution, but I think in practice it's an
>> > extremely minor issue.  I've only ever had problems with uppercase
>> > extensions on image files, so the less general fix of simply adding
>> > appropriate entries to auto-mode-alist would suffice for me at least.
>> 
>> I'd agree to that, but I understand Richard's answer to be "no it would be
>> wrong to do that, let's never again consider it".

> I just transferred another bunch of .JPG images from my phone, and they
> still don't open as images in Emacs.

> I remember there was a long argument about how to fix this, but it seems
> nothing was done about it.  Was that an oversight, or do we really not want
> Emacs to be able to open .JPG images?

Have you tried to set auto-mode-case-fold?


        Stefan