Mercurial > emacs
changeset 12818:3ef9f196e634
Comment change.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Thu, 10 Aug 1995 18:55:44 +0000 |
parents | 9066b33175e6 |
children | e6713915dd94 |
files | lisp/progmodes/executable.el |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/progmodes/executable.el Thu Aug 10 18:38:17 1995 +0000 +++ b/lisp/progmodes/executable.el Thu Aug 10 18:55:44 1995 +0000 @@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ;;; Commentary: + +;; executable.el is used by certain major modes to insert a suitable +;; #! line at the beginning of the file, if the file does not already +;; have one. + ;; This is support code for the likes of sh-, awk-, perl-, tcl- or ;; makefile-mode. Those mode-setting commands can call the like of ;; `(executable-set-magic "sh")' or `(executable-set-magic "perl" "-f")'. ;; Unless the file name matches `executable-magicless-file-regexp' this will ;; search $PATH if the given interpreter isn't absolute, and then insert a -;; first line like `#! /bin/sh' or `#! /usr/local/bin/perl -f' and the file -;; will be made executable as soon as it's saved if it wasn't. - -;; Would someone please explain clearly what this is to be used for? -- rms. +;; first line like `#! /bin/sh' or `#! /usr/local/bin/perl -f'. +;; Also it makes the file executable as soon as it's saved, if it wasn't. ;;; Code: