Hello, "Mark E. Shoulson" <m...@shoulson.com> writes:
> The "org-ellipsis" variable is specifically marked as (potentially) a > safe local variable, so obviously someone intended for it possibly to be > used that, and believed that it might be useful to someone as a local > variable. > > However, there is no setup that I can find which makes this work. > Placing > > : # Local Variables: > : # org-ellipsis: "XXX" > : # End: > > at the end of the file, or setting it in the top line, makes no change > in the ellipsis, even if you do M-x org-mode again or reload the file > (with find-alternate-file). Indeed, M-x org-mode clears the local value > assignment altogether. Setting it by hand with setq-local doesn't work > (it is cleared when you do M-x org-mode again anyway, as mentioned.) > > So, is org-ellipsis really not meant ever to be a local variable? If > so, that likely should be documented, and certainly the :safe annotation > on it should be removed, as it strongly implies that using it as a local > variable is acceptable and useful. I removed :safe keyword and specified it isn't meant to be a set as a local variable in its docstring. Patches are welcome to enable it, tho. Thank you for the report. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
