set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Uwe Brauer]

Hi

The following works nicely, when set at the beginning of a buffer

%%  -*-coding: utf-8 -*- 


But this  %%  -*-ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8" -*- 

Does not, why? What do I miss?

Thanks

Uwe Brauer 

Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Robert Pluim]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

> Hi
>
> The following works nicely, when set at the beginning of a buffer
>
> %%  -*-coding: utf-8 -*- 
>
>
> But this  %%  -*-ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8" -*- 
>
> Does not, why? What do I miss?

I thought the '-*-' had to be followed by a space?

BTW, is this your abbrev file by any chance? Looks like
write-abbrev-file gets this wrong.

Robert

Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:12:59 +0100
> 
> The following works nicely, when set at the beginning of a buffer
> 
> %%  -*-coding: utf-8 -*- 
> 
> 
> But this  %%  -*-ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8" -*- 
> 
> Does not, why? What do I miss?

The semi-colon after the value?  See the manual node "Specifying File
Variables".

Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Emanuel Berg]

Uwe Brauer wrote:

> But this %% -*-ispell-local-dictionary:
> "castellano8" -*-
>
> Does not, why? What do I miss?

This (the second example) works for me, so
either you checked it in another buffer, *or*
you initialized ispell at a later point which
could have overwritten your setting.

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Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Emanuel Berg]

Robert Pluim wrote:

>> But this %% -*-ispell-local-dictionary:
>> "castellano8" -*- Does not, why? What do
>> I miss?
>
> I thought the '-*-' had to be followed by
> a space?

Well, that looks better but both works for me.

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http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Robert Pluim]

Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> writes:

> Robert Pluim wrote:
>
>>> But this %% -*-ispell-local-dictionary:
>>> "castellano8" -*- Does not, why? What do
>>> I miss?
>>
>> I thought the '-*-' had to be followed by
>> a space?
>
> Well, that looks better but both works for me.

Actually, with or without a space should work, but with does indeed
look better.

Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Uwe Brauer]

 
 
   > The semi-colon after the value?  See the manual node 
   > "Specifying File Variables". 
 
 
Ah I wanted both varibles to be set and the correct way seems to 
be
%%  -*-coding: utf-8;ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8"; -*-

Not

%%  -*-coding: utf-8;-*- 
%%  -%-ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8"; -*- 

Re: set a variable at the beginning of a buffer via a string

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:56:25 +0100
> 
>    > The semi-colon after the value?  See the manual node 
>    > "Specifying File Variables". 
>  
> Ah I wanted both varibles to be set and the correct way seems to 
> be
> %%  -*-coding: utf-8;ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8"; -*-
> 
> Not
> 
> %%  -*-coding: utf-8;-*- 
> %%  -%-ispell-local-dictionary: "castellano8"; -*- 

Yes.