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On 9/29/12 11:09 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> 	(delete '("\\.\\(?:PDF\\|DVI\\|pdf\\|dvi\\)\\'" . doc-view-mode)
>
> This is pretty brittle.  Rather than try to "remove behavior" it's often
> easier to add behavior:
>
>    (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.ps\\'" . ps-mode))

Or:

(setq auto-mode-alist
       (delq (rassq 'doc-view-mode auto-mode-alist) auto-mode-alist))

> You can also use M-x find-file-literally RET.  Or of course use C-c C-c
> to switch from doc-view-mode to the "other" mode (ps-mode,
> fundamental-mode, ...).

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA