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Re: File local variable name containing colon?
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Dan Davison |
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Re: File local variable name containing colon? |
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:37:14 -0400 |
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Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:
> Dan Davison wrote:
>> This is valid elisp:
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>> (setq var:name 'value)
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>> But this doesn't work because the colon causes confusion:
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>> # Local Variables:
>> # var:name: value
>> # End:
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>> Any way round this?
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> I would try this:
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> # Local Variables:
> # var\:name: value
> # End:
Hi Kevin,
Yes, I did try that before posting. But it results in
File local-variables error: (end-of-file)
I also tried surrounding in double quotes "var:name", which results in
the same error.
Dan