bug#19834: Specifying File Variables - does not allow setting comment-start to semicolon

[Jari Aalto]

Package: emacs
Version: 46.1
Severity: normal

The following causes systax error if put on file. It seems
that ";" isn't taken as the comment-start. This example is
from Windows AHK configuration file <http://www.autohotkey.com>.

;; Local Variables:
;; mode: text ;
;; comment-start: ;
;; End:

-- System Information
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT Prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, testing) (500, unstable)
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux picasso 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8

-- Versions of packages `emacs depends on'.
Depends:
emacs24         24.4+1-4.1      GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support)
emacs24-lucid   24.4+1-4.1      GNU Emacs editor (with Lucid GUI support)
emacs24-nox     24.4+1-4.1      GNU Emacs editor (without GUI support)