Re: show-buffer-local-variables

[Richard M. Stallman]

    it would probably be trivial to revise alout-adjust-file-variable to
    do wrap a file variables section it creates in an outline topic only
    if the buffer is in outline mode.  it would also be nice to offload
    this functionality from allout, and get scrutiny from others to see
    whether the functionality is sufficiently general.

That sounds good.  As regards the outline matter, I think the best
way to handle that is to put a hook in it, and have allout.el locally
set that hook.

    i suppose these functions would be best situated in files.el, to
    reside with hack-local-variables &c.  ?

Yes, I think so.