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By '''Emacs file variable''', we mean the boilerplate runes that appear near the beginning of some [[source code]] files, usually delimited by "<code>-*-</code>". For example:
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

The variable definitions can help to (for example) interpret or display the files.

This syntax apparently originates from the Emacs text editor. Subsets and extensions of it have been borrowed by many other text editors, viewers, and other software.

== Specifications ==
* [https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html GNU Emacs Manual §48.2.4.1 Specifying File Variables]
* [https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ PEP 263 -- Defining Python Source Code Encodings]

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 == Specifications ==
-* [https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html GNU Emacs Manual §48.2.4.1 Specifying File Variables]
+* [https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Specifying-File-Variables.html GNU Emacs Manual: Specifying File Variables]
 * [https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ PEP 263 -- Defining Python Source Code Encodings]
 [[Category:Text-based data]]
 [[Category:Source code]]

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   # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-The variable definitions can help to (for example) interpret or display the files.
+The variable definitions can help to (for example) interpret or display the file.
-This syntax apparently originates from the Emacs text editor. Subsets and extensions of it have been borrowed by many other text editors, viewers, and other software.
+This syntax apparently originates from the Emacs text editor. Subsets and extensions of it have been borrowed by some other text editors, viewers, and other software.
 == Specifications ==