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Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 6bd9d69: Fix documentation of 'global-disable


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 6bd9d69: Fix documentation of 'global-disable-point-adjustment'
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:45:35 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)

>> > +After a command is executed, if point moved into a region that has
>> > +special properties (e.g. composition, display), Emacs adjusts point to
>> > +the boundary of the region.  But when a command binds this variable to
>> > +non-nil, this point adjustment is suppressed.
>> 
>> Why did you replace "sets" with "binds"?
>> AFAIK let-binding this variable has no effect because the variable is
>> consulted only after the command finishes, i.e. after the binding has
>> been undone.

> Who said anything about let-binding?

To me the difference between "sets" and "binds" is that the former
clearly means "setq" while the other can either mean "change it from
unbound to bound" or "let-binds".

So, I find "binds" to be less precise than "sets", hence my question:
Why did you replace "sets" with "binds"?


        Stefan



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