From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Variable settings in .emacs VS cross device portability. Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:15:24 +0000 Message-ID: <87ehuf4rar.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87k448y9gp.fsf@gmx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55867) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsJz8-0001GB-G1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:07:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsJz6-0005Yp-QZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:07:22 -0500 Received: from tx2ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([65.55.88.14]:52032 helo=TX2EHSOBE005.bigfish.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsJz6-0005Yc-GQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:07:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87k448y9gp.fsf@gmx.com> (Eric Schulte's message of "Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:57:58 -0700") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: org-mode mailing list , Yu Eric Schulte writes: [...] > File Local Variables [1] make it possible to explicitly specify the > values of variables from within the text of a .org file. This can be > placed in a single line at the top of a file for small changes or in a > larger section at the end of the file. Eric, this doesn't always seem to work, at least not for me. BIND always works but certain org variables seem to be ignored when set using local file variables. The variables I refer to are often, maybe always (?), related to export functions. My gut feeling is that this has something to do with a copy of the file being made for the export and maybe emacs not getting a chance to set local variables for that copy? Grasping at straws here, mind you ;-) I have no idea how to debug such behaviour but I have experienced this for a long time now. Any hints would be welcome, of course! -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1 : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.283.g171ea)