GNU bug report logs - #16846
24.3.50.1; Info 48.2.4.1 Specifying File Variables

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 16836

Found in version 24.3.50.1

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, 16846 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16846: acknowledged by developer ()
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:49:24 +0100

Am 24.02.2014 17:06, schrieb Nicolas Richard:
> Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> writes:
>> Am 24.02.2014 14:41, schrieb Nicolas Richard:
>>> and in particular why you did not add comment syntax (i.e. semi
>>> colons) at the beginning of it. What doc did you read that lead you to
>>> write that ?
>>>
>>
>> I'm referring to:
>>
>> 48.2.4.1 Specifying File Variables
>
> That part of the doc doesn't say that you shouldn't write anything else
> on that line.

It formulates a general example which isn't general. It's misleading.

A better start would be the Emacs Lisp example below, followed by a hint WRT to plain text-modes.
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