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bug#10608: local-enable-local-variables
From: |
Colin Baxter |
Subject: |
bug#10608: local-enable-local-variables |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:15:25 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>> local-enable-local-variables - a strange variable. AFAICS (see my
>> comments in files.el), its only real use is as a minor
>> convenience feature for visiting RMAIL BABYL files with M-x
>> find-file. Should it be declared obsolete? Should it affect
>> directory-local variables (it currently does, I think)?
> It's also used in arc-mode and tar-mode now, so the usage has
> increased by an incredible 200%!
> I have no opinion whether it should be obsoleted, though, but...
> perhaps not? Opinions?
What about the fact that 'local-enable-local-variables' does not ignore
any mode setting in a -*- line and is therefore different from
'enable-local-variables'? I would have thought this uniqueness in itself
would ensure that the variable should be kept and not obsoleted.
Best wishes,
Colin Baxter