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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files-x.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files-x.el b/lisp/files-x.el index 248c3073307..a130ffcf928 100644 --- a/lisp/files-x.el +++ b/lisp/files-x.el @@ -247,7 +247,14 @@ then this function adds the first line containing the string `Local Variables:' and the last line containing the string `End:'." (interactive (let ((variable (read-file-local-variable "Add file-local variable"))) + ;; Error before reading value. + (if (equal variable 'lexical-binding) + (user-error "The `%s' variable must be set at the start of the file" + variable)) (list variable (read-file-local-variable-value variable) t))) + (if (equal variable 'lexical-binding) + (user-error "The `%s' variable must be set at the start of the file" + variable)) (modify-file-local-variable variable value 'add-or-replace interactive)) ;;;###autoload |