bug#71985: Lexical directives at start of file

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:36:36 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: 71985@debbugs.gnu.org
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> On Monday, July 8th, 2024 at 1:21 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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> > > Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:44:26 +0000
> > > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com
> > > Cc: 71985@debbugs.gnu.org
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> > > > > Yes about the starting ;;;. But then I have also seen additional 
> > > > > non-directive
> > > > > descriptions before the -- lexical-binding:t -- directive.
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> > > > > As the lexical definition will be around a while, it would be good to 
> > > > > know what
> > > > > would be valid.
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> > > > Then the ELisp manual provides this information, I think.
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> > > It could be there. But, where is it ?
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> > I told you before: in the node called "Selecting Lisp Dialect".
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> Have gone through the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual corresponding to 
> Emacs version 29.1.90.  There is no such node.

It was added in the current release branch, and will be in Emacs 30.1.
Meanwhile you can look at it here:

  
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/doc/lispref/variables.texi?h=emacs-30#n1287