generic mode doesn't play nice with hack-local-variables

[Matt Armstrong]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr 
--sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes 
--with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

If you have generic-use-find-file-hook set to t (the default), then
generic mode can potentially subvert a Local Variables section of the
edited file.

What happens is this:

files.el/after-find-file calls normal-mode, which calls
hack-local-variables, which processes Local Variables sections in the
file.

files.el/after-find-file calls any find-file-hooks, which calls
generic-mode-find-file-hook, which, if it decides to change the mode
to default-generic, kills all local variables in
generic-mode-internal.

Since generic.el is part of emacs and simply loading the file causes
this behavior, it'd be nice if things were integrated more nicely.

The problem is a bit chicken and egg.  You want to run
hack-local-variables before generic.el stuff in case the local
variables set the mode.  But you want generic.el to honor the local
variables.

Probably the simplest solution is to have generic-mode-find-file-hook
call hack-local-variables if it changes the buffer's mode away from
fundamental-mode.


Recent input:
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <left> <right> <left> <right> <left> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <re
port-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
Quit
Note: file is write protected
Mark saved where search started
Note: file is write protected [2 times]
Mark saved where search started [4 times]
Auto-saving...done
Wrote /tmp/somefile
File local-variables error: (error "Local variables entry is terminated 
incorrectly")
Wrote /tmp/somefile [2 times]
Loading emacsbug...done

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