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29.1; modify-file-local-variable does not handle variables with embedded newlines in their value

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Karthik <karthikchikmagalur <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 68743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68743: 29.1; modify-file-local-variable does not handle variables with embedded newlines in their value
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:05:40 +0100

On Jan 26 2024, Karthik wrote:

> This is not the format specified in the Emacs manual.  It should look
> like
>
> Some text
>
> ;; Local Variables:
> ;; testvar: "Data on\
> two lines"
> ;; End:

That's still not correct: the third line lacks the prefix, and a
backslash-newline pair is ignored, not producing a newline.  Only
printing the newline as "\n" will work.

;; Local Variables:
;; testvar: "Data on\ntwo lines"
;; End:

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