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Note that specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:50:26 +0000
parents 5565b37343b9
children 7d0f4f179b3d
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71 source while in the midst of loading another file (e.g., with 71 source while in the midst of loading another file (e.g., with
72 `require' or `autoload') could cause the value of `load-in-progress' 72 `require' or `autoload') could cause the value of `load-in-progress'
73 to be corrupted once the outer load completed. Most code doesn't care 73 to be corrupted once the outer load completed. Most code doesn't care
74 about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it. 74 about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it.
75 75
76 ** New command to add a file-local variable to the "Local Variables" list 76 ** File-local variable changes
77 in the current buffer is `add-file-local-variable'. New command to remove 77
78 a file-local variable from the "Local Variables" list is 78 *** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
79 `delete-file-local-variable'. New commands to add/remove a file-local 79 unconditionally. The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was
80 variable to/from the -*- line at the beginning of the buffer are 80 neither reliable nor generally desirable.
81 `add-file-local-variable-prop-line' and `delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'. 81
82 New commands to add/remove a directory-local variable to/from the 82 *** New commands for adding and removing file-local variables:
83 .dir-locals.el file are `add-dir-local-variable' and 83 `add-file-local-variable', `delete-file-local-variable',
84 `delete-dir-local-variable'. New commands to copy directory-local 84 `add-file-local-variable-prop-line', and
85 variables to file-local variables in the "Local Variables" list or the 85 `delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'.
86 -*- line and vice versa are `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals', 86
87 *** New commands for adding and removing directory-local variables,
88 and copying them to and from file-local variable lists:
89 `add-dir-local-variable', `delete-dir-local-variable',
90 `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
87 `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and 91 `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and
88 `copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'. 92 `copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'.
89 93
90 ** New coding system `utf-8-hfs' is available in 94 ** New coding system `utf-8-hfs' is available in
91 international/ucs-normalize.el. It is suitable for 95 international/ucs-normalize.el. It is suitable for