Re: select 'mode' from command line? [OT]

[Emilio Lopes]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE> writes:

> Am 30.06.2005 um 00:24 schrieb Gustavo Seabra:
> 
> > I had to use:
> >
> > !C -*- mode: f90; coding: iso-8859-15; -*-
> >
> > instead. Otherwise the f90 compiler complains (the "C" on the 1st line
> > is not understood as a comment in F90, "!" is.
> 
> Ahemm, my FORTRAN seems to be from '66! I thought you still have to put 
> a C in column 6 ...

Actually the comment char (a 'C' in FORTRAN 66, alternativelly a '*' in
FORTRAN 77) must appear in the *first* column.  A character (any valid
character!)in column 6 indicates a continuation line.

 -ECL