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Re: oh, Local Variables are for emacs
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: oh, Local Variables are for emacs |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Jul 2002 13:21:34 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.3.50 (ia64-suse-linux) |
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:
|> $ cat .crontab
|> 12 6 * * 1-6 echo brush your teeth, etc.
|>
|> # Local Variables:
|> # compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
|> # End:
|>
|> Gentlemen, the average non-emacs user would be google-eyed when he saw
|> the mysterious "Local Variables" at the bottom of another's crontab or
|> whatever file. Therefore, adding the word "Emacs"
|>
|> # Emacs Local Variables:
|> # compile-command: "crontab .crontab"
|> # End:
|>
|> should be allowed [maybe works already?]
It does (RTFM), except that the prefix must match on the other lines as
well.
Andreas.
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