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: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:23:48 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87fz6343x7.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <412A5A6B.6000508@yahoo.com> <41337037.5030802@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093975820 7685 80.91.224.253 (31 Aug 2004 18:10:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:10:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 31 20:10:09 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 1C2D57-00079t-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:10:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2D9z-0008AK-Kn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:15:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2D9y-0008AD-FV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2D9x-00089n-G4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2D9x-00089k-Aw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:15:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.79.224.63] (helo=smtp2.apol.com.tw) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C2D4d-0006Dk-Fr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:09:40 -0400 Original-Received: from jidanni1 (TC218-187-83-78.2-7.dynamic.apol.com.tw [218.187.83.78]) by smtp2.apol.com.tw (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA28987973 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 02:09:30 +0800 (CST) Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni1 with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C2CMH-0000kq-0N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:23:49 +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:8889 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8889 K> We can't recommend the use of backquote-newline-backquote in a shell K> command. K> The # hack is unnecessary and potentially confusing. But we often need the #'s to hide from what is scanning the file. OK? So there should be examples given for when you need #, and when you don't. Let's see, also there's long lines for .el's where we use ";" to hide, "!" is used in .Xresources, etc. etc. I suppose all these would hide behind a ... `# ;`... or ....`# !`... Untested. Ok, document all this. Perhaps test first. K> that should be explained in the Emacs Lisp manual, not the Emacs manual. anyways, my collection of hacks are intended for a small cookbook section in the Emacs manual. Document is soon as this topic is about to get boring.