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- From: hoehle@inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de (Joerg-Cyril Hoehle)
- Subject: crypt.el and correct compress-magic-regexp: "\037\235"
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.164714.115124@eratu.rz.uni-konstanz.de>
- Summary: "\037\235" is the correct compress-magic-regexp
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:47:14 GMT
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- Please correct all versions of crypt.el around that use a too specific
- compress-magic-regexp number.
-
- Lawrence R. Dodd (dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu) wrote:
- :
- : Here is modified version of Kyle Jones' crypt.el that will work with gzip
- : (GNU zip) files.
- :
- : Share and Enjoy,
- :
- : Larry
- :
- : ;;; Compaction, compression, gzip'sion, and encryption for GNU Emacs
- : ;;; Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990 Kyle E. Jones
-
- ..
-
- : (defconst compress-magic-regexp "\037\235\220"
- : "Regexp that matches the magic number at the beginning of files created
- : by the compress(1) command.")
-
-
- Kyle Jones <kyle@uunet.uu.net> told me:
- >This is the correct one:
- >
- >(defconst compress-magic-regexp "\037\235"
- >
- >The \220 only appears on 16-bit compressed files.
-
- Share and enjoy,
- Joerg.
- hoehle@inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.d
-