Subject: bug#2833: 23.0.92; Bug in Directory Variables

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:14:37 -0400

>   1. Create a dir and write the following to file .dir-locals in the dir
>      created:

> ((latex-mode . ((fill-column . 78)
>                 (coding . "latin-1"))))

>   2. Open or create a .tex file in that dir
>   3. C-h v fill-column RET to check the value 
>   4. Change 78 to another value say 75

How do you change it?  with C-x f ?

>   5. Re-open the .tex file and you will see fill-column has a value 78
>      NOT 75

How do you "re-open" it?

        Stefan