From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: OT: emacs-style variables (etc) in the headers? Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:59:41 GMT Message-ID: <1cXzd.3978$Rb3.3396@fe07.lga> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104166805 20021 80.91.229.6 (27 Dec 2004 17:00:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 27 17:59:59 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CiyDv-00036d-00 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:59:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CiyOj-0003Lh-MK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:11:09 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-13!supernews.com!38.144.126.100.MISMATCH!feed5.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!atl-c03.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!hwmnpeer01.phx!hwmedia!hw-poster!fe07.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Original-Followup-To: comp.emacs User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-Lines: 9 Original-X-Trace: pikkdiabbdefphapffhfaopkidagddfobiemcpnihmnbikpfmpcikphidmjlhdnllmgobgdicjfaaahjkkafbcndocllkpmjnfjafabhinlnbonlcpgjnefdkekpaeahbcfagklmibllijll Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 09:59:41 MST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127539 comp.emacs:87471 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22998 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22998 I'm starting on a project where I want to include script snippets in the headers of files (perl, shell, etc.) actually inside comments where these snippets will not bother the real script. Is there an algorithm somewhere to detect the script is really a script and not a binary file, what the comment character is, and some standard way to include these variables and such in files? Mike