From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: File local variable name containing colon?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:30:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8739u2xtwj.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.13.1282765046.3946.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Dan Davison wrote:
>>> This is valid elisp:
>>>
>>> (setq var:name 'value)
>>>
>>> But this doesn't work because the colon causes confusion:
>>>
>>> # Local Variables:
>>> # var:name: value
>>> # End:
>>>
>>> Any way round this?
>>
>> I would try this:
>>
>> # Local Variables:
>> # var\:name: value
>> # End:
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Yes, I did try that before posting. But it results in
>
> File local-variables error: (end-of-file)
>
> I also tried surrounding in double quotes "var:name", which results in
> the same error.
# Local Variables:
# eval: (setq var:name value)
# End:
should do...
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-24 15:31 File local variable name containing colon? Dan Davison
2010-08-25 3:46 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-08-25 19:37 ` Dan Davison
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2010-08-25 21:30 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
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