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The first line of a plain-text file reads:

# -*- eval: (auto-revert-tail-mode 1); -*-

Yet Emacs does not enable auto-revert-tail-mode after opening this file. What is wrong?

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Eleno
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    It works here, so your syntax is correct. Does it do that with only one file, or all? Only plain-text files, or also files with other major modes? What is the major mode? (`text-mode`, `fundamental-mode`, other?) – T. Verron Dec 09 '14 at 14:13
  • Right. I forgot to try with `emacs -Q`, too; and it works there. My Emacs configuration must be messed up: there are many that don't work, besides this one. – Eleno Dec 09 '14 at 14:17
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    Any chance you've changed the value of `enable-local-variables` or `enable-local-eval`? – glucas Dec 09 '14 at 19:10
  • @glucas: `custom-set-variables` was setting `enable-local-eval` to `nil`. I don't remember having set this option myself. I suppose that Customize did it when I was trying to stop Emacs from pestering me about whether to apply file-local variables or not. I will leave this variable as `nil`, though, and I will find another way to enable `auto-revert-tail-mode` on this file. If you convert your comment to an answer, I will select it. Thank you. – Eleno Dec 10 '14 at 11:19

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Take a look at the variables enable-local-eval and enable-local-variables. If you've changed one or both of these from their default values it could explain the behavior you are seeing.

For example if enable-local-eval is nil then that eval line in your file would be ignored.

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