# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1153169818 0
# Node ID ee67055ef71fce469eb2187cbe2bab2851abd1df
# Parent  6bc43bba870cb371ce7e2711ba88aa6d6a03373e
(File Local Variables): Clarify that
file local variables make buffer-local bindings.

diff -r 6bc43bba870c -r ee67055ef71f lispref/variables.texi
--- a/lispref/variables.texi	Mon Jul 17 20:56:18 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/variables.texi	Mon Jul 17 20:56:58 2006 +0000
@@ -1744,10 +1744,12 @@
 @node File Local Variables
 @section File Local Variables
 
-  This section describes the functions and variables that affect
-processing of file local variables.  @xref{File variables, ,
-Local Variables in Files, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for basic
-information about file local variables.
+  A file can specify local variable values; Emacs uses these to create
+buffer-local bindings for those variables in the buffer visiting that
+file.  @xref{File variables, , Local Variables in Files, emacs, The
+GNU Emacs Manual}, for basic information about file local variables.
+This section describes the functions and variables that affect
+processing of file local variables.
 
 @defopt enable-local-variables
 This variable controls whether to process file local variables.  A