oh, Local Variables are for emacs

oh, Local Variables are for emacs

[Dan Jacobson]

$ cat .crontab
12 6  * * 1-6 echo brush your teeth, etc.

# Local Variables:
# compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
# End:

Gentlemen, the average non-emacs user would be google-eyed when he saw
the mysterious "Local Variables" at the bottom of another's crontab or
whatever file.  Therefore, adding the word "Emacs"

# Emacs Local Variables:
# compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
# End:

should be allowed [maybe works already?] and promoted so 1. people
know which of the 10000 programs on the machine this is
for. 2. increasing brand name recognition a/k/a who's work of art ;-)

also there's the -*-sh-*- stuff at the tops of files.  It's like emacs
owns the whole computer...

I think the vi stuff I see at the bottoms of files at least gives a
clue what it is for [i.e. vi].
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Re: oh, Local Variables are for emacs

[Andreas Schwab]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:

|> $ cat .crontab
|> 12 6  * * 1-6 echo brush your teeth, etc.
|> 
|> # Local Variables:
|> # compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
|> # End:
|> 
|> Gentlemen, the average non-emacs user would be google-eyed when he saw
|> the mysterious "Local Variables" at the bottom of another's crontab or
|> whatever file.  Therefore, adding the word "Emacs"
|> 
|> # Emacs Local Variables:
|> # compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
|> # End:
|> 
|> should be allowed [maybe works already?]

It does (RTFM), except that the prefix must match on the other lines as
well.

Andreas.

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Re: oh, Local Variables are for emacs

[David Kastrup]

jidanni@dman.ddts.net (Dan Jacobson) writes:

> $ cat .crontab
> 12 6  * * 1-6 echo brush your teeth, etc.
> 
> # Local Variables:
> # compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
> # End:
> 
> Gentlemen, the average non-emacs user would be google-eyed when he saw
> the mysterious "Local Variables" at the bottom of another's crontab or
> whatever file.  Therefore, adding the word "Emacs"
> 
> # Emacs Local Variables:
> # compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
> # End:
> 
> should be allowed [maybe works already?] and promoted so 1. people
> know which of the 10000 programs on the machine this is
> for. 2. increasing brand name recognition a/k/a who's work of art
> ;-)

You can always write
# This is for the sake of Emacs.
# Local Variables:
...

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