I'm having difficulty distinguishing files with extensions, from files without extensions, and hidden files. I'm using (file-name-extension (dired-get-file-for-visit))
in dired-mode, and the type of file extension determines what action to take -- e.g., open in Emacs, or open externally with a particular application.
A hidden file (e.g., .hidden
) returns a value of nil
instead of "hidden"
.
A file with no extension (e.g., foo
) also returns a value of nil
.
Can anyone suggest an alternative method to handle this?
(let* (
(input-regexp '("odt" "wpd" "docx" "doc" "xls" "pdf" "tif" "bmp" "jpg"))
(input-filename (dired-get-file-for-visit)) )
(if (not (regexp-match-p input-regexp (file-name-extension input-filename))))
(find-file input-filename) )
;; https://github.com/kentaro/auto-save-buffers-enhanced
(defun regexp-match-p (regexps string)
(catch 'matched
(dolist (regexp regexps)
(if (string-match regexp string)
(throw 'matched t)))))
Here is the debugger (partial):
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
string-match("odt" nil)
(if (string-match regexp string) (throw (quote matched) t))
(while --dolist-tail-- (setq regexp (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (string-match regexp string) (throw (quote matched) t)) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))
(let ((--dolist-tail-- regexps) regexp) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq regexp (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (string-match regexp string) (throw (quote matched) t)) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--))))
(progn (let ((--dolist-tail-- regexps) regexp) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq regexp (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (string-match regexp string) (throw (quote matched) t)) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))))
(catch (quote matched) (progn (let ((--dolist-tail-- regexps) regexp) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq regexp (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (string-match regexp string) (throw (quote matched) t)) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--))))))
regexp-match-p(("odt" "wpd" "docx" "doc" "xls" "pdf" "tif" "bmp" "jpg") nil)
(not (regexp-match-p input-regexp (file-name-extension input-filename)))
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