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Subject: Re: -*- not terminated bug
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Remek Trzaska wrote:

> Create and then visit a file like the one below:
> 
> #! /usr/npac/bin/bash
> rxvt -rv -fn "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*" -geometry 80x24 -name `uname -n` 2>/dev/null
> 
> You'll receive a message:
> File mode specification error: (error "-*- not terminated before end of line")
> 
> 1. Shouldn't `-*-' in quotes be ignored?

Maybe.

> 2. Should the second line of the file be parsed for `-*-' at all?

If it isn't, you can't use `-*- foo-mode -*-' in any file which places 
constraints on the first line of the file, e.g. scripts, files with 
a vcs header, etc.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

