+;;; Configuration files.
+
+(defvar mdw-conf-quote-normal nil
+ "*Control syntax category of quote characters `\"' and `''.
+If this is `t', consider quote characters to be normal
+punctuation, as for `conf-quote-normal'. If this is `nil' then
+leave quote characters as quotes. If this is a list, then
+consider the quote characters in the list to be normal
+punctuation. If this is a single quote character, then consider
+that character only to be normal punctuation.")
+(defun mdw-conf-quote-normal-acceptable-value-p (value)
+ "Is the VALUE is an acceptable value for `mdw-conf-quote-normal'?"
+ (or (booleanp value)
+ (every (lambda (v) (memq v '(?\" ?')))
+ (if (listp value) value (list value)))))
+(put 'mdw-conf-quote-normal 'safe-local-variable '
+ mdw-conf-quote-normal-acceptable-value-p)
+
+(defun mdw-fix-up-quote ()
+ "Apply the setting of `mdw-conf-quote-normal'."
+ (let ((flag mdw-conf-quote-normal))
+ (cond ((eq flag t)
+ (conf-quote-normal t))
+ ((not flag)
+ nil)
+ (t
+ (let ((table (copy-syntax-table (syntax-table))))
+ (mapc (lambda (ch) (modify-syntax-entry ch "." table))
+ (if (listp flag) flag (list flag)))
+ (set-syntax-table table)
+ (and font-lock-mode (font-lock-fontify-buffer)))))))
+(defun mdw-fix-up-quote-hack ()
+ "Unpleasant hack to call `mdw-fix-up-quote' at the right time.
+Annoyingly, `hack-local-variables' is done after `set-auto-mode'
+so we wouldn't see a local-variable setting of
+`mdw-conf-quote-normal' in `conf-mode-hook'. Instead, wire
+ourselves onto `hack-local-variables-hook' here, and check the
+setting once it's actually been made."
+ (add-hook 'hack-local-variables-hook 'mdw-fix-up-quote t t))
+(add-hook 'conf-mode-hook 'mdw-fix-up-quote-hack t)
+
+;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------