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Re: File local variable name containing colon?
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Pascal J. Bourguignon |
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Re: File local variable name containing colon? |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:26:18 -0000 |
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Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Dan Davison wrote:
>>> This is valid elisp:
>>>
>>> (setq var:name 'value)
>>>
>>> But this doesn't work because the colon causes confusion:
>>>
>>> # Local Variables:
>>> # var:name: value
>>> # End:
>>>
>>> Any way round this?
>>
>> I would try this:
>>
>> # 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.
# Local Variables:
# eval: (setq var:name value)
# End:
should do...
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