changeset 86148:e89df09acf64

* custom.texi (Specifying File Variables), major.texi (Choosing Modes): Mention '\" in man pages.
author Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
date Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:06:45 +0000
parents fb22331f18da
children 6600b4df420d
files doc/emacs/ChangeLog doc/emacs/custom.texi doc/emacs/major.texi
diffstat 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Fri Nov 16 08:03:45 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Fri Nov 16 08:06:45 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-16  Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* custom.texi (Specifying File Variables), major.texi (Choosing
+	Modes): Mention '\" in man pages.
+
 2007-11-16  Kenichi Handa  <handa@ni.aist.go.jp>
 
 	* mule.texi (Communication Coding): Mention x-select-request-type.
--- a/doc/emacs/custom.texi	Fri Nov 16 08:03:45 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/custom.texi	Fri Nov 16 08:06:45 2007 +0000
@@ -1099,10 +1099,14 @@
 the first line as well.
 
 @cindex shell scripts, and local file variables
+@cindex man pages, and local file variables
   In shell scripts, the first line is used to identify the script
 interpreter, so you cannot put any local variables there.  To
 accommodate this, Emacs looks for local variable specifications in the
 @emph{second} line when the first line specifies an interpreter.
+The same is true for man pages which start with the magic string
+@samp{'\"} to specify a list of troff preprocessors (not all do,
+however).
 
   A @dfn{local variables list} goes near the end of the file, in the
 last page.  (It is often best to put it on a page by itself.)  The local
--- a/doc/emacs/major.texi	Fri Nov 16 08:03:45 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/major.texi	Fri Nov 16 08:06:45 2007 +0000
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@
 systems) use the @samp{-*-} feature on the first line, because the
 system would get confused when running the interpreter.  So Emacs looks
 for @samp{-*-} on the second line in such files as well as on the
-first line.
+first line.  The same is true for man pages which start with the magic
+string @samp{'\"} to specify a list of troff preprocessors (not all do,
+however).
+
 
 @vindex default-major-mode
   When you visit a file that does not specify a major mode to use, or