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Lexical directives at start of file

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Message #31 received at 71985-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 71985-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Heime <heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#71985: Lexical directives at start of file
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:43:02 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:36:36 +0000
>> From: Heime <heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com>
>> Cc: 71985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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>> On Monday, July 8th, 2024 at 1:21 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
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>> > > Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:44:26 +0000
>> > > From: Heime heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com
>> > > Cc: 71985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> > >
>> > > > > Yes about the starting ;;;. But then I have also seen additional non-directive
>> > > > > descriptions before the -- lexical-binding:t -- directive.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > As the lexical definition will be around a while, it would be good to know what
>> > > > > would be valid.
>> > > >
>> > > > Then the ELisp manual provides this information, I think.
>> > >
>> > > It could be there. But, where is it ?
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>> > I told you before: in the node called "Selecting Lisp Dialect".
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>> Have gone through the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual corresponding to
>> Emacs version 29.1.90.  There is no such node.
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> It was added in the current release branch, and will be in Emacs 30.1.
> Meanwhile you can look at it here:
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>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/doc/lispref/variables.texi?h=emacs-30#n1287

I don't see a bug here, so I'm closing this bug report.

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