GNU bug report logs - #13862
24.3.50; File local-variables error: (error "Local variables entry is missing the prefix")

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Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:16:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>, 13862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13862: 24.3.50; File local-variables error: (error "Local variables entry is missing	the prefix")
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:47:07 -0500

> So I think Glenn is right about the solution.  Diffs don't have
> contents of their own (well, except for the hunk headers), so looking
> up diffs for file-local variables doesn't make much sense.

Actually, diff files can have any other text beside the diff itself, and
so you can very easily add file local variables in there.
But it's probably OK to inhibit them, because I don't think they're
often/ever used.


        Stefan
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