is local variables busted?

Is ability to set local variables for files broken in the beta? I don't use it a lot, but I use it sometimes. I just did it on a text file that I use frequently and got a backtrace. So I tried it again on a LaTeX file I rarely visit, and got another one. Here's what I have at the end of the LaTeX file: % Local Variables: % mode: latex % TeX-master: t % End: This is unchanged for years, and is standard boilerplate I put at the end of most every LaTeX file. Here's what I get in another buffer when I visit it. The message is similar when I visit an ordinary text file with local variables set, i.e., the complaint is about a missing prefix: (5) (local-variables/warning) Error in File local-variables: Local variables entry is missing the prefix Backtrace follows: backtrace(nil t) # bind (standard-output standard-output handler-arg-name) backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler(#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) # bind (errstr #:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") (#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) "...(17)" [#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr errstr error-message-string lwarn local-variables warning "Error in %s: %s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s" "File local-variables" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8 0x687>((error "Local variables entry is missing the prefix")) signal(error ("Local variables entry is missing the prefix")) # bind (args datum) cerror("Local variables entry is missing the prefix") apply(cerror "Local variables entry is missing the prefix" nil) # bind (args datum) error("Local variables entry is missing the prefix") # bind (enable-local-eval continue prefix prefixlen suffix start) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (force) hack-local-variables-last-page(nil) # bind (force) hack-local-variables(nil) #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") nil "...(5)" [find-file hack-local-variables] 2 0x688>() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") (#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) "...(17)" [#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr errstr error-message-string lwarn local-variables warning "Error in %s: %s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s" "File local-variables" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8 0x687> #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") nil "...(5)" [find-file hack-local-variables] 2 0x688>) # (condition-case ... . ((error))) # bind (find-file) normal-mode(t) # bind (nomodes after-find-file-from-revert-buffer noauto warn error) after-find-file(nil t) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (inhibit-read-only error number truename rawfile nowarn filename buf) find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer "writingnotebook.txt"> "/Users/lnewton/write/writingnotebook.txt" nil nil "/Users/lnewton/write/writingnotebook.txt" (3147726 16777224)) byte-code("..." [number truename rawfile nowarn filename buf set-buffer-major-mode find-file-noselect-1] 7) # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code " !ˆÃ ＠ A\"‡" [buf data kill-buffer signal] 3)))) # bind (number truename buf wildcards rawfile nowarn filename) find-file-noselect("~/write/writingnotebook.txt" nil nil nil) # bind (coding-system-for-read wildcards codesys filename) find-file("~/write/writingnotebook.txt") # bind (calc-flag notebook-file) notebook-entry("~/write/writingnotebook.txt" t) (if (not arg) (notebook-entry write-notebook t) (notebook-entry write-notebook nil)) # bind (arg) write-notebook-entry(nil) # bind (command-debug-status) call-interactively(write-notebook-entry) (dispatch-event "[internal]") # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) (6) (custom/warning) custom: widget custom-variable, option LaTeX-section-hook has no associated group (7) (local-variables/warning) Error in File local-variables: Local variables entry is missing the prefix Backtrace follows: backtrace(nil t) # bind (standard-output standard-output handler-arg-name) backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler(#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) # bind (errstr #:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") (#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) "...(17)" [#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr errstr error-message-string lwarn local-variables warning "Error in %s: %s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s" "File local-variables" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8 0x687>((error "Local variables entry is missing the prefix")) signal(error ("Local variables entry is missing the prefix")) # bind (args datum) cerror("Local variables entry is missing the prefix") apply(cerror "Local variables entry is missing the prefix" nil) # bind (args datum) error("Local variables entry is missing the prefix") # bind (enable-local-eval continue prefix prefixlen suffix start) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (force) hack-local-variables-last-page(nil) # bind (force) hack-local-variables(nil) #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") nil "...(5)" [find-file hack-local-variables] 2 0x688>() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") (#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr) "...(17)" [#:call-trapping-errors-Ldc9FC5Hr errstr error-message-string lwarn local-variables warning "Error in %s: %s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s" "File local-variables" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8 0x687> #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") nil "...(5)" [find-file hack-local-variables] 2 0x688>) # (condition-case ... . ((error))) # bind (find-file) normal-mode(t) # bind (nomodes after-find-file-from-revert-buffer noauto warn error) after-find-file(nil t) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (inhibit-read-only error number truename rawfile nowarn filename buf) find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer "glossary.tex"> "/Users/lnewton/th/gl/v7.2/glossary.tex" nil nil "/Users/lnewton/th/gl/v7.2/glossary.tex" (1100365 16777224)) byte-code("..." [number truename rawfile nowarn filename buf set-buffer-major-mode find-file-noselect-1] 7) # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code " !ˆÃ ＠ A\"‡" [buf data kill-buffer signal] 3)))) # bind (number truename buf wildcards rawfile nowarn filename) find-file-noselect("~/th/gl/v7.2/glossary.tex" nil nil t) # bind (coding-system-for-read wildcards codesys filename) #<compiled-function (from find-file) (filename &optional codesys wildcards) "...(37)" [wildcards filename coding-system-for-read thunk value codesys check-coding-system find-file-noselect nil #<compiled-function (from "/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/files.elc") (buffer) "...(21)" [buffer buffer-file-name file-exists-p set-buffer-modified-p t switch-to-buffer] 3 0x66c> mapcar] 5 1242796 (list (read-file-name "Find file: ") (and current-prefix-arg (read-coding-system "Coding system: ")) t) 0x66d>("~/th/gl/v7.2/glossary.tex" nil t) call-interactively(find-file) (dispatch-event "[internal]") # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) -- Lynn David Newton Columbus, Ohio neologisticsediting.com lynndavidnewton.com _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta