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From: ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>
To: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Local variables not being defined
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:45:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45B924F9.4040600@speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pcoveiuetvw.fsf@shuttle.math.ntnu.no>


On 01/25/2007 03:25 PM somebody named Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> + ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>:
> 
> | File local-variables error: (error "Local variables entry is missing the
> | prefix")
> |
> | So what does this error message mean and/or what should I do about it?
> 
> See the info file about file variables: Every line of the Variables
> section must have the exact same prefix, which may be empty.  This
> appears to be the case with your example.  Or did some lines have
> initial spaces or tabs that your news posting software suppressed?
> If so, get rid of them.
> 

That can't be the problem as the "prefix" is and has always been the
same for all lines-- nothing at all.  I.e., all lines start to the far
left... in the very first column.

Again:

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-25 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.3574.1169739033.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-25 16:20 ` Local variables not being defined Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-01-25 19:44   ` ken
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3592.1169754294.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-25 20:25     ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-01-25 21:45       ` ken [this message]
2007-01-25 22:08         ` ken
     [not found]         ` <mailman.3603.1169762957.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-25 22:25           ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
     [not found]       ` <mailman.3599.1169761553.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-25 22:22         ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-01-26 11:18           ` ken
2007-01-31  5:34             ` Kevin Rodgers
2007-01-31 12:39 martin rudalics
2007-02-01  5:17 ` Kevin Rodgers
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-01-25 15:29 ken

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