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Here are the top few lines (all comments) from a python application. What do the first two comment lines indicate? Are they special markers for another app?
# -*- Mode: Python -*-
# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
#
# Istanbul – A desktop recorder
# Copyright (C) 2005 Zaheer Abbas Merali (zaheerabbas at merali dot org)
# Portions Copyright (C) 2004,2005 Fluendo, S.L. (www.fluendo.com).
# All rights reserved.
The first line is an emacs thing (although it may also be a vi thing). It basically tells it that it should use python-mode to read the file. You’ll usually see this if the file ends in an extension other than .py.
As mentioned, the second line deals with spacings.