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:
<!--
Local variables:
html-helper-timestamp-end: "hhmts end"
html-helper-timestamp-start: "hhmts start"
End:
-->
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-25 21:45 UTC|newest]
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[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
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2007-01-25 15:29 ken
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