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From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
Subject: Re: some emacs commands at end of file
Date: 22 Jan 2007 11:31:22 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1169494282.357192.24490@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <y93bqkreaej.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu>

Allan Adler wrote:
> Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I mean
> >
> > (info "(emacs)Specifying File Variables")
>
> On my system, emacs complains that it can't find it.

Then you are using Emacs 21. Type

(info "(emacs)File Variables")

This is a feature to enable some customization on a per-file basis, so
files that need slightly different treatment can have it.  It sounds as
though the file you have found has abused it to some extent though by
setting things up exactly as some particular person wants.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-22 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-21  4:34 some emacs commands at end of file Allan Adler
2007-01-21  4:47 ` Leo
2007-01-21  4:50   ` Leo
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3377.1169355310.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-22  8:24     ` Allan Adler
2007-01-22 19:31       ` Robert Thorpe [this message]
2007-01-23 19:32         ` Allan Adler
2007-01-21  7:57 ` Nikos Apostolakis
     [not found] ` <mailman.3380.1169366265.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-22  8:29   ` Allan Adler
2007-01-22 10:49     ` Robert D. Crawford
2007-01-22 17:41       ` Allan Adler
2007-01-22 18:19         ` Robert D. Crawford

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