GNU bug report logs - #14710
add-file-local-variable vs. unquoted string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:05:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 14710 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14710: add-file-local-variable vs. unquoted string
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 02:40:40 +0300

> Try
> M-x add-file-local-variable
> compile-command
> a b c
>
> Note how b c are thrown away.

That's because `add-file-local-variable' takes care about writing
only correct values that could be read later without errors.

> Yes the user should have typed "a b c",
> but still some warning should be printed upon throwing them away.

I have no idea how such a warning could be produced, and even
if we will found a way to detect the situation when it should be
displayed, you won't see it anyway because it will be instantaneously
overwritten in the echo area by another recently added message:
"For this change to take effect revisit file using `revert-buffer'".
This bug report was last modified 12 years and 22 days ago.

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