From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Error: Setting the shell in sh-mode via a local variable does not work Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:30:03 +0100 Message-ID: <87k2nwrm2s.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87oad8rnrw.fsf@debian.uxu> <87poxo0xye.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451489438 26641 80.91.229.3 (30 Dec 2015 15:30:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:30:38 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 30 16:30:29 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aEIhp-00048q-FH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:30:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52808 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEIho-0005Cs-Ft for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:30:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEIhc-0005Cj-Q9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:30:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEIhX-00053H-NX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:30:16 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:48404) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEIhX-00052Y-GU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:30:11 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aEIhW-0003vg-2c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:30:10 +0100 Original-Received: from nl106-137-56.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.56]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:30:10 +0100 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-56.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:30:10 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-56.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0TQHJpyE0dceyAHpQZEimSkKtJY= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108524 Archived-At: Robert Thorpe writes: >>> But my main question was, why the local variable >>> "sh-shell: rpm" set in a file does not work... >> >> What variable is that? >> How is it set in a file? >> In what way does it not work? >> Or better yet: What do you want to do/happen, which >> you cannot do/doesn't happen? > > All of that was described in the original message > that Johannes sent. Okay...? Getting the buffer in the desired mode works for me with the code I provided, on: GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.6) of 2015-12-14 on binet, modified by Debian -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573