From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: longish Local Variables in Files Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:24:22 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <873c1plnbt.fsf@jidanni.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095017387 24136 80.91.229.6 (12 Sep 2004 19:29:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:29:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 12 21:29:31 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C6a2V-0000hP-00 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:29:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6a7z-0005hz-Q0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:35:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C6a7u-0005dm-TY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:35:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C6a7p-0005aT-NV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:35:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6a7p-0005aM-JH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:35:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.79.224.62] (helo=smtp1.apol.com.tw) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C6a1v-0007kR-HX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:28:56 -0400 Original-Received: from jidanni1 (TC218-187-80-229.2-7.dynamic.apol.com.tw [218.187.80.229]) by smtp1.apol.com.tw (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA1515101 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 03:28:50 +0800 (CST) Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni1 with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C5ukg-0002iS-G9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:24:22 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:8994 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8994 rms> This code strips the prefix and suffix from all lines, rms> then does the reading. It should make multi-line file local rms> variables more reliable and convenient. How do you like it? "I'm sure it works fine, and will complain if it doesn't if I have a problem when it filters down to Debian years later." You want to send it to real programmers like Rodgers for testing, or post it to bug-gnu-emacs. We professional complainers "get all nervous at the sight of source all hooked up to the heart lung machine".