Ignore a Local Variables list

Ignore a Local Variables list

[Joseph Turner]

As described in this Org mailing list thread:

https://yhetil.org/orgmode/dc5901c1-720a-4bec-9611-c62f9cfee45a@gmail.com/T/#t

I'm looking to ignore a Local Variables list (in an Org file).

Current solutions:

Add a form feed character (with C-q C-l) below the Local Variables list.
This works, but the form feed makes the document less portable,
negatively affecting readability in other programs like Thunderbird.
Also, it breaks certain Org workflows, such as exporting to odt.

Another solution is to put an empty Local Variables list *above* the one
I want to ignore.  This solution seems fragile, since Emacs only looks
within the last 3000 characters for a Local Variables list.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you!

Joseph

Re: Ignore a Local Variables list

[Tassilo Horn]

Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in> writes:

> Any other suggestions?

Have a look at the docstring of the function `hack-local-variables'
which cites `inhibit-local-variables-regexps' which you could extend
with regexps matching only the file names whose local variables you want
to ignore.

HTH,
Tassilo

Re: Ignore a Local Variables list

[Joseph Turner]

Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

> Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in> writes:
>
>> Any other suggestions?
>
> Have a look at the docstring of the function `hack-local-variables'
> which cites `inhibit-local-variables-regexps' which you could extend
> with regexps matching only the file names whose local variables you want
> to ignore.

Thank you!

Joseph

Re: Ignore a Local Variables list

[Max Nikulin]

On 22/12/2024 01:07, Joseph Turner wrote:
> Another solution is to put an empty Local Variables list *above* the one
> I want to ignore.  This solution seems fragile, since Emacs only looks
> within the last 3000 characters for a Local Variables list.

Currently it is not specified whether first or last local variables 
section should be taken if several ones are found at the end of the 
document. I think, picking the last one will allow to suppress local 
variables examples above using purely *plain text* "markup" without 
pitfalls with control characters.

"First pattern within last 3000 characters" is a quite peculiar rule to 
my taste.