Re: Local variables not being defined

[ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>]

On 01/25/2007 05:22 PM somebody named Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> + ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>:
> 
> ....
> 
> I am looking at the code now (the function in question is called
> hack-local-variables, and it is found in files.el), and there should
> be no way you are going to see that message unless there is something
> in front of the string "Local Variables:" on the line.
> 
> Oh, wait, one more wild guess.  hack-local-variables goes 3000
> characters back from the end of the file and searches forward for
> "Local Variables:".  Don't tell me your HTML file contains another
> instance of that phrase?

Thanks, Harald.  You have very good eyes to see across continent and
ocean.  I titled my test document so:

<h1 align=center>Testing the Use of Local&nbsp;Variables in....

Replacing a SPACE with "&nbsp;" made the errors cease.  (I was frankly
surprised that the (uppercase) 'V' and absence of the colon after
"Variables" didn't distinguish this text enough from the intended
instance.  Perhaps a later version has/will.)

So, another dark obscure code corner illuminated, good karma created.


Thanks another time.