What is the proper MIME type for .el files?

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I'm uploading a .el file to my server, and I'd like to set my .htaccess so that the file gets downloaded rather than displayed in the browser.

zck · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 19:37:51Z

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The proper type for Emacs Lisp files is text/elisp.

This can be added to your .htaccess with this line:

AddType text/elisp el

Firefox, for example, now recognizes it as "Emacs Lisp source code", and offers to download it.

answered Nov 27, 2014 at 19:37

zck

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I don't see it listed on <iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml>, and Emacs doesn't seem to know about it, either. Are you sure that's really a proper content-type for it?
– SamB
Commented Aug 28, 2017 at 19:32
@SamB Setting that MIME type works for me.
– zck
Commented Aug 28, 2017 at 21:20

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