* Re: What are 'mode' and 'coding'?
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@ 2006-11-25 7:55 ` Charles philip Chan
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From: Charles philip Chan @ 2006-11-25 7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 23 Nov 2006, sdl.web@gmail.com wrote:
> One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
> file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
> wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
> there are no such variables.
Mode is the Major Mode that the file opens to when it is visited in
Emacs.
Coding is the encoding on the file, ie. UTF-8, Latin1, etc...
Charles
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* What are 'mode' and 'coding'?
@ 2006-11-23 13:31 Leo
2006-11-25 0:11 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-11-25 10:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Leo @ 2006-11-23 13:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi there,
One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
there are no such variables.
Thank you for your help.
--
Leo
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* Re: What are 'mode' and 'coding'?
2006-11-23 13:31 Leo
@ 2006-11-25 0:11 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-11-25 2:15 ` Leo
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2006-11-25 10:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2006-11-25 0:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 23.11.2006 um 14:31 schrieb Leo:
> One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
> file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
> wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
> there are no such variables.
It's major-mode and buffer-file-coding-system.
--
Greetings
Pete
There is no national science just as there is no national
multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
-- Anton Checov
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2006-11-25 0:11 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2006-11-25 2:15 ` Leo
2006-11-25 3:09 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-11-25 10:42 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Leo @ 2006-11-25 2:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Saturday, 25 Nov 2006, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 23.11.2006 um 14:31 schrieb Leo:
>
>> One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
>> file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
>> wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
>> there are no such variables.
>
> It's major-mode and buffer-file-coding-system.
Thanks for your answer.
Are there any other such variables other than 'mode', 'coding' and
'eval'?
--
Leo
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2006-11-25 2:15 ` Leo
@ 2006-11-25 3:09 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-11-25 10:42 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Dieter Wilhelm @ 2006-11-25 3:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
> On Saturday, 25 Nov 2006, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>> Am 23.11.2006 um 14:31 schrieb Leo:
>>
>>> One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
>>> file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
>>> wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
>>> there are no such variables.
>>
>> It's major-mode and buffer-file-coding-system.
>
> Are there any other such variables other than 'mode', 'coding' and
> 'eval'?
Please have a look in the Emacs info system:
C-h i g
Then type this
(Emacs)Specifying File Variables
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt, Germany
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2006-11-25 2:15 ` Leo
2006-11-25 3:09 ` Dieter Wilhelm
@ 2006-11-25 10:42 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2006-11-25 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 25.11.2006 um 03:15 schrieb Leo:
> Are there any other such variables other than 'mode', 'coding' and
> 'eval'?
Yes.
Look for buffer local variables.
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Greetings
Pete
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- Donald E. Knuth, 2001-10-02 in Tübingen.
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* Re: What are 'mode' and 'coding'?
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@ 2006-11-25 9:53 ` Tassilo Horn
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From: Tassilo Horn @ 2006-11-25 9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Leo,
> Are there any other such variables other than 'mode', 'coding' and
> 'eval'?
Yes, see
,----[ (info "(emacs)Specifying File Variables") ]
| 58.3.4.1 Specifying File Variables
| ..................................
|
| There are two ways to specify file local variable values: in the first
| line, or with a local variables list. Here's how to specify them in
| the first line:
|
| -*- mode: MODENAME; VAR: VALUE; ... -*-
`----
Regards,
Tassilo
--
"Emacs is not a development tool but a way of life."
- David Kastrup in alt.religion.emacs -
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* Re: What are 'mode' and 'coding'?
2006-11-23 13:31 Leo
2006-11-25 0:11 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2006-11-25 10:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-11-25 12:52 ` Leo
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2006-11-25 10:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
> From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:31:47 +0000
>
> One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
> file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
> wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
> there are no such variables.
See the node "File Variables" in the Emacs manual, it explains all
that.
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* Re: What are 'mode' and 'coding'?
2006-11-25 10:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2006-11-25 12:52 ` Leo
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From: Leo @ 2006-11-25 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Saturday, 25 Nov 2006, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:31:47 +0000
>>
>> One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a
>> file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am
>> wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and
>> there are no such variables.
>
> See the node "File Variables" in the Emacs manual, it explains all
> that.
For the record, there are altogether 4 pseudo variables i.e. mode,
coding, eval and unibyte.
--
Leo
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