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So I know that I can put at the first or second line of a file a line such as:

# -*- mode: conf -*-

to tell Emacs what major mode I want the file to be opened with.

But if that mode isn't installed I wish Emacs to fallback to a different mode.
For example I wish to use the apache-mode, but if it doesn't exist I wish to fallback to conf-mode.

Is this possible, and if so how?

major-mode file-local-variables

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So I know that I can put at the first or second line of a file a line such as:

# -*- mode: conf -*-

to tell Emacs what major mode I want the file to be opened with.

But if that mode isn't installed I wish Emacs to fallback to a different mode.
For example I wish to use the apache-mode, but if it doesn't exist I wish to fallback to conf-mode.

Is this possible, and if so how?

major-mode file-local-variables

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edited Aug 22 at 12:12

asked Aug 22 at 12:08

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up vote
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So I know that I can put at the first or second line of a file a line such as:

# -*- mode: conf -*-

to tell Emacs what major mode I want the file to be opened with.

But if that mode isn't installed I wish Emacs to fallback to a different mode.
For example I wish to use the apache-mode, but if it doesn't exist I wish to fallback to conf-mode.

Is this possible, and if so how?

major-mode file-local-variables

share|improve this question

edited Aug 22 at 12:12

asked Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

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So I know that I can put at the first or second line of a file a line such as:

# -*- mode: conf -*-

to tell Emacs what major mode I want the file to be opened with.

But if that mode isn't installed I wish Emacs to fallback to a different mode.
For example I wish to use the apache-mode, but if it doesn't exist I wish to fallback to conf-mode.

Is this possible, and if so how?

major-mode file-local-variables

share|improve this question

edited Aug 22 at 12:12

asked Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

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share|improve this question

edited Aug 22 at 12:12

edited Aug 22 at 12:12

edited Aug 22 at 12:12

asked Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

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asked Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

asked Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

20816

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Found it:

# -*- mode: conf; mode: apache -*-

It seems that the last valid mode wins, so I need to put the my wanted mode last, and the fallback mode(s) before it.

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  Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
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Found it:

# -*- mode: conf; mode: apache -*-

It seems that the last valid mode wins, so I need to put the my wanted mode last, and the fallback mode(s) before it.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 22 at 12:26

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
  – Harald Hanche-Olsen
  Aug 23 at 8:18
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
8
down vote

Found it:

# -*- mode: conf; mode: apache -*-

It seems that the last valid mode wins, so I need to put the my wanted mode last, and the fallback mode(s) before it.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 22 at 12:26

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
  – Harald Hanche-Olsen
  Aug 23 at 8:18
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
8
down vote

up vote
8
down vote

Found it:

# -*- mode: conf; mode: apache -*-

It seems that the last valid mode wins, so I need to put the my wanted mode last, and the fallback mode(s) before it.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 22 at 12:26

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

Found it:

# -*- mode: conf; mode: apache -*-

It seems that the last valid mode wins, so I need to put the my wanted mode last, and the fallback mode(s) before it.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 22 at 12:26

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

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edited Aug 22 at 12:26

edited Aug 22 at 12:26

edited Aug 22 at 12:26

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

answered Aug 22 at 12:08

Chen Levy

20816

20816

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
  – Harald Hanche-Olsen
  Aug 23 at 8:18
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
  – Harald Hanche-Olsen
  Aug 23 at 8:18
  

  
  
  
  

Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
– Harald Hanche-Olsen
Aug 23 at 8:18

Interesting. I suspect that will activate all the named modes (those that are available at least), one after the other. This should do no harm, but might be a bit time consuming. It's a handy trick, though.
– Harald Hanche-Olsen
Aug 23 at 8:18

add a comment | 

 

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