Setting local variables in a file

Setting local variables in a file

[Ed Reingold]

The following used to work (in an old version of Emacs) at the end of
a LaTeX file:

   %%% Local variables: %%%
   %%% tex-command:"/export/home/reingold/calendar-book/third-edition/
doerrata" %%%
   %%% End: %%%

But now that I have switched to Emacs 23.3, those lines no longer have
the desired effect.
What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?

Thanks!

Re: Setting local variables in a file

[Stefan Monnier]

> The following used to work (in an old version of Emacs) at the end of
> a LaTeX file:

>    %%% Local variables: %%%
>    %%% tex-command:"/export/home/reingold/calendar-book/third-edition/
> doerrata" %%%
>    %%% End: %%%

> But now that I have switched to Emacs 23.3, those lines no longer have
> the desired effect.
> What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?

These lines should work, and work fine in my tests.  The only thing
thing is that tex-command is not known to be safe to set in this way, so
when I open such a file, Emacs prompts me to know whether I do want to
apply this setting.  Not sure why you don't see this prompt.  Maybe you
have customized enable-local-variables?


        Stefan

Re: Setting local variables in a file

[Ed Reingold]

On May 23, 10:07 am, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > The following used to work (in an old version of Emacs) at the end of
> > a LaTeX file:
> >    %%% Local variables: %%%
> These lines should work, and work fine in my tests.  The only thing
> thing is that tex-command is not known to be safe to set in this way, so
> when I open such a file, Emacs prompts me to know whether I do want to
> apply this setting.  Not sure why you don't see this prompt.  Maybe you
> have customized enable-local-variables?


That was the problem---I did not have enable-local-variables set to t.
Now it works--thanks!!