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Re: oh, Local Variables are for emacs
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: oh, Local Variables are for emacs |
Date: |
04 Jul 2002 13:27:01 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
jidanni@dman.ddts.net (Dan Jacobson) 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?] and promoted so 1. people
> know which of the 10000 programs on the machine this is
> for. 2. increasing brand name recognition a/k/a who's work of art
> ;-)
You can always write
# This is for the sake of Emacs.
# Local Variables:
...
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