Re: Support file-type guess using file/libmagic when source file does not have a suffix
Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]>
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Hi, I recognize libmagic as an equivalent of file(1). Can it decide language type correctly? Can it accommodate new languages? Isn't it better to use it as a tool for creating file lists? Regards, Shigio 2017-02-21 10:39 GMT+09:00 Jun Sheng <[email protected]>: > specifying the filetype in commandline is a good idea, but why not going > further, make gtags read file type when read file list ? > > and I attached a patch, which will guess file type using libmagic > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:16 PM Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> > Hi, >> > There, what about adding file-type guessing when the source file does >> not have a suffix? >> > >> > Currently when the file doesnot have a suffix, gnu global wont parse it, >> > this is a problem when perl/python ... files. and gtags cant specify >> lang-type on command-line. >> >> You are right. >> Currently, we have a plan to do the following: >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-global/2016-10/msg00003.html >> >> Does this specification fulfill your requirements? >> >> Regards, >> Shigio >> >> >> 2017-02-20 15:45 GMT+09:00 Jun Sheng <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi, >> There, what about adding file-type guessing when the source file does not >> have a suffix? >> >> Currently when the file doesnot have a suffix, gnu global wont parse it, >> this is a problem when perl/python ... files. and gtags cant specify >> lang-type on command-line. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bug-global mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-global >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]> >> PGP fingerprint: D1CB 0B89 B346 4AB6 5663 C4B6 3CA5 BBB3 57BE DDA3 >> > -- Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]> PGP fingerprint: D1CB 0B89 B346 4AB6 5663 C4B6 3CA5 BBB3 57BE DDA3 _______________________________________________ Bug-global mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-global