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From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 56291@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org
Subject: bug#56291: 29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:17:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <10477.1656519455@alto> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:05:38 +0300." <83zghv5ub1.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > Cc: 56291@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu>
> > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:38:28 -0700
> > 
> > Fair enough.  How about
> > 
> >     The usual way to set this variable is globally, through your init
> >     file or the customization buffer.  However, you can set
> >     ‘version-control’ locally in an individual buffer to control the
> >     making of backups for that buffer’s file (*note Locals::).  Some
> >     packages, such as Rmail, override the global setting of
> >     ‘version-control’ this way.  You can also have Emacs set
> >     ‘version-control’ locally whenever you visit a given file (*note File
> >     Variables::).
> > 
> > ?
> 
> The point of the example is to illustrate the local setting of the
> variable, so talking about packages that set the global value misses
> the point, and shouldn't be there.  If Rmail is a bad example, then we
> should find a better one, and mention only those.

Okay, I guess "override the global setting" is too confusing.  Rmail
only sets it locally.  Does this work better:

    The usual way to set this variable is globally, through your init
    file or the customization buffer.  However, you can set
    ‘version-control’ locally in an individual buffer to control the
    making of backups for that buffer’s file (*note Locals::).  Some
    packages, such as Rmail, do this.  You can also have Emacs set
    ‘version-control’ locally whenever you visit a given file (*note
    File Variables::).

?

mike





  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-29 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-29  1:00 bug#56291: 29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file Mike Kupfer
2022-06-29 10:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-29 14:38   ` Mike Kupfer
2022-06-29 14:44     ` Mike Kupfer
2022-06-29 16:05     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-29 16:17       ` Mike Kupfer [this message]
2022-06-29 17:21         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-30  9:21           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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