From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24415: 24.4; issue with big file variable Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:07:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87bmzt1d1t.fsf@gmx.net> References: <87k2eh1p6t.fsf@gmx.net> <87a8fd1f4n.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1473685776 32545 195.159.176.226 (12 Sep 2016 13:09:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:09:36 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Andrea Rossetti , 24415@debbugs.gnu.org To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 12 15:09:29 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQz6-0006TI-1z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24415) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Sep 2016 13:08:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57117 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQyE-0001JK-NB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:58684) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQyC-0001J5-5k for 24415@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:08:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rosalinde ([89.245.119.102]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lpfas-1b44X80mv8-00fSN8; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:08:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87a8fd1f4n.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (npostavs's message of "Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:23:04 -0400") X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:HYTuyB8EBARhba4N9WGSy4weVh6poD3b/FlV5/DsT5nAgOqCJT2 N2n/QFIkPY52HkqmldZyKHJxqEUH3z16bp24RmidmAlC8EDrL7zGrUP43dvqFqc689a+s6b 5W4FXWfK0F52Bt5mZgHc0HySzq2gjHPq8DWsO36C6vmCGa16Nt1G0ocO2PhnymqAfh/1Yoa czEyC7RYn/Fx32jmK0+tw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:Ythj1g02X6I=:J8Xl8wASGcqRPNQnsy5SkC 3UCLOFlAcj2/EO1vSEfs4dvT4Omlfx4jwgJAA+tWZzYAzIM9wU6zjB2eOcvQdsHvUO9q53YFz ahgw7/sXLGREs0/Fut8ZIexVkGm+NZAr1chwoQaHGXNvbzRY1Pas+4pAWXtFwo1HmvkbD2pn4 55wftdz/WIiJ36B90SHAPrmN7hh5T5gqSHiClct5kGPkd7xIpbrw/h/3RUlOl9JTCynGhNgwk 7aAmh40hwcYaEVgJCDhm1+2p5S57/Vg7rspw6AcOLc9jMf6CbP2ZijeAd0L5iarP7BM8b2M/g zkYC6IoSg2XXkxdihc7ZySH/8CiGqULlzNMSyZBks9qhJTzopNOd4LWmctRLhQO6XTzvqIik0 /r6wA7n8MxoydL/4ItpKmDJHm3UI1DwZ0An95whqqLz3Mcg5nzHfM9u69Km4O9OxJcdpDo31B QK2F5+phNOWxyb6r+PAmT6EtC3QUecsX8BctzxSz57X6974k04PrxTcUb2RMuhwIls6SG4We+ VzlwjkF/RtiAV/27stXrFz8/6V6YKzHeX134i4kwUY0zUyXSRfravkj+qh5rMqgO1f39H4mSW zrK99pNfnybQVFC6DAYUGx+iAUvUbOA07GwLMOiCUp1YSRzW58yHxiBvIseVfo+pYxMC9E70W 4W4hDHOvzxcMRJBjhJi8gZabDkzCjQ8Q1YNM7XU42jkcjY6ckjy8guLwKlxM7xu8AZp2HZG43 E2Bk6i30/luzSCSyYC4exFCEIOwjyYExHd+qHqzvvfGJl8sSzv4jdKSNHXRfiRAuLkGrSmQn X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123213 Archived-At: On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:23:04 -0400 npostavs@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Stephen Berman writes: > >> >> It's a hard limit in hack-local-variables: >> >> ;; Look for "Local variables:" line in last page. >> (save-excursion >> (goto-char (point-max)) >> (search-backward "\n\^L" (max (- (point-max) 3000) (point-min)) >> 'move) >> >> I don't know how well-known this is; AFAICT it's not documented. > > It's documented in the manual, (emacs) Specifying File Variables > > Apart from using a `-*-' line, you can define file local variables > using a "local variables list" near the end of the file. The start of > the local variables list should be no more than 3000 characters from > the end of the file, and must be on the last page if the file is > divided into pages. Mea culpa; I looked there before posting but obviously not closely enough. Steve Berman