Re: [Bug: 21.5-b18] Missing colon in local variables entry

robert> ^L robert> local variables: robert> mode: text robert> eval: (hide-buffer-variables) robert> end: robert> Here is the defun: (defun hide-buffer-variables () "Narrow to first page and hide variables. Assumes only two pages." (let ((pos (point))) (end-of-buffer) (narrow-to-page -1) (goto-char pos) ) ) robert> If I remove (goto-char pos), I do not get the error. I robert> verified that pos is before the last page. Well, what's happening is that XEmacs hasn't read the "end:" directive, and tries to continue parsing. Because you've disturbed point, it finds a syntax error. It would be possible to change the local variables hack to read the sexps and save them until the "end:" directive is read, then execute them, but eval expressions are deprecated anyway. I'm comfortable with saying "If it hurts, don't do it." :-) Alternative ways of achieving the same goal would be to write a mode hook or similar to do the same thing, or even a whole mode. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.