Re: Can we expand the valid location of "Local Variables" ?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:08:56 -0700, Dima Kogan <address@hidden> said:

    Dima> 1. We should put the 3000 into a variable so that this isn't 
hard-coded.
    Dima>    I'm attaching a patch. The name of the variable could probably be
    Dima>    better, and it's not in the right file. I don't know where else to
    Dima>    put it. Suggestions? And we need a NEWS entry, but I didn't want to
    Dima>    write one before we talked about it.

Itʼs a user option, I donʼt think it should have a double '__' in it.

    Dima> 2. As workarounds go, I think Stefan's suggestion above is the nicest.
    Dima>    No custom variables or included files; just a directive to search
    Dima>    backwards, and execute what it finds. I'll use that. Thanks for the
    Dima>    pointer

Would providing a defcustom be such a hardship?

Robert