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How can I make Emacs open other file extensions than .org with the Emacs org mode? I have an editor on the iPad that is not able to handle .org files, so I'd like to use e.g. .text with org mode.

Uwe Ziegenhagen
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This might be a duplicate, but the answer is easy enough:

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.text\\'" . org-mode))
abo-abo
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  • Nitpick: `(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.text\\'" . org-mode))` [will only match `.text` at the end of the file name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3494402/setting-auto-mode-alist-in-emacs) – Gordon Gustafson Feb 25 '14 at 04:17
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Add the following line at the beginning of your .text file: 

#    -*- mode: org -*-

You can also use this for .org_archive files

I know this question is old, but I think it is slightly easier and works, as far as I know, for all text-like files.

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