Verify a file's conformance with its modeline
Rainer Müller
raimue at macports.org
Wed Jun 25 09:26:00 PDT 2008
Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> [...]
> Not sure what else in the modeline needs verification. The modeline
> can/should specify the file's character encoding, but port lint
> always checks to make sure the file is UTF-8; it does not use the
> encoding listed in the modeline. Then again, neither does MacPorts
> itself; it also assumes/requires that the file is UTF-8.
Hmm, the modeline contains the fileencoding as a hint for your editor
only, it should not be changed. All files should be UTF-8.
Rainer
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