#+end_src
As we see in the above patch, back in 2000 this function would simply
-look at the start of your buffer, and if begins with a /shebang/ it'd
-ensure that the file has executable permissions. Other than the name
-of the function becoming yet a little longer (the ~executable-~ prefix
-was added, so to follow Elisp namespacing conventions), not much has
-changed in terms of its implementation since then.
+look at the start of your buffer, and if it finds there a /shebang/
+it'd ensure that the file has executable permissions. Other than the
+name of the function becoming yet a little longer (the ~executable-~
+prefix was added, so to follow Elisp namespacing conventions), not
+much has changed in terms of its implementation since then.
Although, as I described earlier, putting
~executable-make-buffer-file-executable-if-script-p~ into one's