From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:16:22 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#19834 <19834@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#19834 <19834@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-start to semicolon Reply-To: bug#19834 <19834@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:16:22 +0000 retitle 19834 Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-st= art to semicolon reassign 19834 emacs submitter 19834 Jari Aalto severity 19834 minor tag 19834 notabug wontfix thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Feb 11 03:33:34 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2015 08:33:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39763 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLSjm-0004Dm-96 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:33:34 -0500 Received: from emh07.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.117]:58310) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLSjh-0004DV-1L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:33:31 -0500 Received: from picasso.cante.net (a91-155-188-45.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.188.45]) by emh07.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1491408D for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:33:25 +0200 (EET) From: Jari Aalto To: submit@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-start to semicolon Mail-Copies-To: poster Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:33:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87egpwdezu.fsf@picasso.cante.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) Package: emacs Version: 46.1 Severity: normal The following causes systax error if put on file. It seems that ";" isn't taken as the comment-start. This example is from Windows AHK configuration file . ;; Local Variables: ;; mode: text ; ;; comment-start: ; ;; End: -- System Information Debian Release: jessie/sid APT Prefers testing APT policy: (990, testing) (500, unstable) Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux picasso 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 -- Versions of packages `emacs depends on'. Depends: emacs24 24.4+1-4.1 GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support) emacs24-lucid 24.4+1-4.1 GNU Emacs editor (with Lucid GUI support) emacs24-nox 24.4+1-4.1 GNU Emacs editor (without GUI support) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Feb 11 04:26:23 2015 Received: (at 19834) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2015 09:26:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39769 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLTYs-0005UE-MH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:26:22 -0500 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:1569) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLTYq-0005U5-9G for 19834@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:26:21 -0500 Received: from mathsrv4.ulb.ac.be (HELO localhost) ([164.15.133.241]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 11 Feb 2015 10:26:19 +0100 From: Nicolas Richard To: Jari Aalto Subject: Re: bug#19834: Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-start to semicolon References: <87egpwdezu.fsf@picasso.cante.net> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:26:46 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87egpwdezu.fsf@picasso.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:33:25 +0200") Message-ID: <87egpwhk89.fsf@yahoo.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19834 Cc: 19834@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Jari Aalto writes: > ;; Local Variables: > ;; mode: text ; > ;; comment-start: ; > ;; End: it seems to me this should be written as ;; Local Variables: ;; mode: text ;; comment-start: ";" ;; End: -- Nico. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Feb 11 12:02:00 2015 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2015 17:02:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40313 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLafo-0002PG-1I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:02:00 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:57321 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLafl-0002P6-Lc for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:01:57 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLafk-0001Fk-Vn for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:01:57 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:01:56 -0500 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 19834 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) notfound 19834 46.1 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Feb 11 13:18:51 2015 Received: (at 19834) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2015 18:18:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40322 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLbsA-0005dn-CH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:18:50 -0500 Received: from emh01.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.107]:33659) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLbs6-0005dd-Pj for 19834@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:18:49 -0500 Received: from picasso.cante.net (a91-155-188-45.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.188.45]) by emh01.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB5690042; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:18:44 +0200 (EET) Received: from jaalto by picasso.cante.net with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YLbs3-0002sw-S1; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:18:43 +0200 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:18:43 +0200 From: jari To: Nicolas Richard Subject: Re: bug#19834: Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-start to semicolon Message-ID: <20150211181843.GJ4421@picasso.cante.net> References: <87egpwdezu.fsf@picasso.cante.net> <87egpwhk89.fsf@yahoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87egpwhk89.fsf@yahoo.fr> X-Gpg-Key-Id: 0xD189E680 X-Gpg-Key-Info: http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xD189E680 X-Gpg-Key-Get: http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD189E680&op=get User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jari.aalto@cante.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on picasso.cante.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19834 Cc: 19834@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) On 2015-02-11 10:26, Nicolas Richard wrote: | Jari Aalto writes: | | > ;; Local Variables: | > ;; mode: text ; | > ;; comment-start: ; | > ;; End: | | it seems to me this should be written as | | ;; Local Variables: | ;; mode: text | ;; comment-start: ";" | ;; End: Please document this in https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html#Specifying-File-Variables as semicolon seems to be a special case. Jari From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Feb 11 13:46:26 2015 Received: (at 19834) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2015 18:46:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40332 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLcIs-0006UE-1u for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:46:26 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:59311 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLcIp-0006U5-O4 for 19834@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:46:24 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLcIo-0003w4-I2; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:46:22 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: jari Subject: Re: bug#19834: Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-start to semicolon References: <87egpwdezu.fsf@picasso.cante.net> <87egpwhk89.fsf@yahoo.fr> <20150211181843.GJ4421@picasso.cante.net> X-Spook: Albright Montenegro RSA target Iran Ortega kilderkin Syria X-Ran: *G:K)2>yZ(j)F@W}W.T[KA[7*`bW!j-:/U!A~6{plx;WIs,:U}!"!Ze#|"NSzLUAUa^Uz[ X-Hue: white X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:46:22 -0500 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19834 Cc: 19834@debbugs.gnu.org, Nicolas Richard X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) jari wrote: > Please document this in > > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html#Specifying-File-Variables > > as semicolon seems to be a special case. comment-start is a string, so trying to set it to ; rather than ";" is simply a user-error. I don't think "how to set a variable to a literal semicolon" is worth documenting, since it's not something that you need to do. 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