Re: [PATCH] Enforce standard line length of 80 characters.

[Michael Albinus]

Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> writes:

Hi Felix,

> Sorry, please replace the patch of the same name in the series with
> this one.  The lexical binding solution offered on #emacs was not
> stable.
>
> diff --git a/debbugs.el b/debbugs.el
> index d359aa0a23..67d1d74778 100644
> --- a/debbugs.el
> +++ b/debbugs.el
> @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
> -;;; debbugs.el --- SOAP library to access debbugs servers  -*- 
> lexical-binding:t -*-
> +;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
> +
> +;;; debbugs.el --- SOAP library to access debbugs servers

This is a general problem in Emacs Lisp files. The ";;; <package>.el ..."
line must the first one, so that finder-inf finds the file. And the
"-*- lexical-binding:t -*-" cookie must also be in the first line.

As consequence, it is allowed for the very first line of a Lisp file to
exceed the 80 char limit. I have applied this patch w/o touching the
first line.

(In the very long run, it is planned to make lexical binding the default
in Emacs, and we wouldn't need this cookie anymore. But I doubt this
will happen during my lifetime :-)

Best regards, Michael.