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25.1.50; tab-width file-local variable has no effect in etc/HELLO

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 23827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23827: 25.1.50; tab-width file-local variable has no effect in etc/HELLO
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:17:04 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 23827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:12:10 -0400
> 
> I tend to agree that it "looks right", so we should probably just
> install it into master and see what breaks.  My only real worry is
> whether that would end up calling fundamental-mode when creating
> temporary buffers such as in `with-temp-buffer' (where we wouldn't want
> to run-mode-hooks and hack-local-variables).

So you suggest to have a variable whose value could bypass calling
fundamental-mode, and bind that variable inside with-temp-buffer and
such likes?

Is there another alternative?

Thanks.

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