Kyle Jones writes: Kyle> The image-mode mode stuff ought to be removed from format-alist. Kyle> image-mode's type detection stuff should be able to work as a find-file Kyle> hook. At that level, it won't interfere with insert-file-contents. Amen. -- / / _ _ Didier Verna http://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:verna＠inf.enst.fr /_/ / /_/ / /__ / 46 rue Barrault Tel. (33) 01 45 81 73 46 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19