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1 ;; When we are about to make a backup file,
2 ;; uncompress the file we visited
3 ;; so that making the backup can work properly.
4 ;; This is used as a write-file-hook.
5
6 (defun uncompress-backup-file ()
7 (and buffer-file-name make-backup-files (not buffer-backed-up)
8 (not (file-exists-p buffer-file-name))
9 (call-process "uncompress" nil nil nil buffer-file-name))
10 nil)
11
12 (or (assoc "\\.Z$" auto-mode-alist)
13 (setq auto-mode-alist
14 (cons '("\\.Z$" . uncompress-while-visiting) auto-mode-alist)))
15
16 (defun uncompress-while-visiting ()
17 "Temporary \"major mode\" used for .Z files, to uncompress the contents.
18 It then selects a major mode from the uncompressed file name and contents."
19 (if (and (not (null buffer-file-name))
20 (string-match "\\.Z$" buffer-file-name))
21 (set-visited-file-name
22 (substring buffer-file-name 0 (match-beginning 0))))
23 (message "Uncompressing...")
24 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
25 (shell-command-on-region (point-min) (point-max) "uncompress" t))
26 (message "Uncompressing...done")
27 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
28 (make-local-variable 'write-file-hooks)
29 (or (memq 'uncompress-backup-file write-file-hooks)
30 (setq write-file-hooks (cons 'uncompress-backup-file write-file-hooks)))
31 (normal-mode))
32
33 (or (memq 'find-compressed-version find-file-not-found-hooks)
34 (setq find-file-not-found-hooks
35 (cons 'find-compressed-version find-file-not-found-hooks)))
36
37 (defun find-compressed-version ()
38 "Hook to read and uncompress the compressed version of a file."
39 ;; Just pretend we had visited the compressed file,
40 ;; and uncompress-while-visiting will do the rest.
41 (if (file-exists-p (concat buffer-file-name ".Z"))
42 (progn
43 (setq buffer-file-name (concat buffer-file-name ".Z"))
44 (insert-file-contents buffer-file-name t)
45 (goto-char (point-min))
46 (setq error nil)
47 t)))