Re: some emacs commands at end of file

[Allan Adler]

"Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com> writes:

> Allan Adler wrote:
> > Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
> > > I mean
> > > (info "(emacs)Specifying File Variables")
> > On my system, emacs complains that it can't find it.
> 
> Then you are using Emacs 21. Type
> 
> (info "(emacs)File Variables")

Actually, 20.7, but it works just fine. Thanks.

> This is a feature to enable some customization on a per-file basis, so
> files that need slightly different treatment can have it.  It sounds as
> though the file you have found has abused it to some extent though by
> setting things up exactly as some particular person wants.

It is in source code that is not normally read by anyone but the developers.
-- 
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
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