(hack-local-variables-prop-line): Don't downcase var name.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 58efd8042c5..baf99dbe35d 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1077,9 +1077,12 @@ If `enable-local-variables' is nil, this function does not check for a
                (or (looking-at "[ \t]*\\([^ \t\n:]+\\)[ \t]*:[ \t]*")
                    (error "malformed -*- line"))
                (goto-char (match-end 0))
-               (let ((key (intern (downcase (buffer-substring
-                                             (match-beginning 1)
-                                             (match-end 1)))))
+               ;; There used to be a downcase here,
+               ;; but the manual didn't say so,
+               ;; and people want to set var names that aren't all lc.
+               (let ((key (intern (buffer-substring
+                                   (match-beginning 1)
+                                   (match-end 1))))
                      (val (save-restriction
                             (narrow-to-region (point) end)
                             (read (current-buffer)))))