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Re: make-variable-buffer-local change
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:09:50 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:06:15 -0700
> Cc: 'Dan Nicolaescu' <address@hidden>,
> 'Lennart Borgman' <address@hidden>, address@hidden
>
> > I'd say "use" covers both kinds of use, but I'll defer to natives.
>
> It's not a question of native speakers. "Use" here refers to what the string
> is
> _for_; what it is used for.
Would replacing "use" with "set" solve this problem?
> > > Please correct the doc string accordingly.
> >
> > Don't hesitate to send a patch and I'll commit it ASAP.
>
> Just get rid of "Dired, shell and other modes use this variable."
Sorry, I happen to disagree. This is important information for such
an obscure feature. The alternative is let the user grep the whole
lot of Lisp sources.
> We typically do not say where a function variable might be used (a fortiori,
> might be set/bound), anyway.
Never too late to start.
- make-variable-buffer-local change, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Lennart Borgman, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/09/26
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Stefan Monnier, 2009/09/25
- RE: make-variable-buffer-local change, Drew Adams, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Stefan Monnier, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/09/25
- Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/09/26
Re: make-variable-buffer-local change, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/09/25