From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18059: 24.3.92; defvar and special variables Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:57:00 +0200 Message-ID: <83k1vj1pv7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ha2c7lxy.fsf@web.de> <87mv0gbq33.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87y3k0bdm9.fsf@web.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1518364582 14453 195.159.176.226 (11 Feb 2018 15:56:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18059@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 11 16:56:17 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ektz9-00037I-Sr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:56:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53429 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eku1B-00021X-LH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:58:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38138) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eku10-00020y-M5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:58:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0w-0006Ft-Nv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:58:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:58830) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0w-0006FZ-JG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:58:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0w-0002K9-Bz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:58:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 18059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18059.15183646458889 (code B ref 18059); Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2018 15:57:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38494 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0L-0002JJ-0l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:57:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46505) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0K-0002J8-4t for 18059@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:57:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0A-0005Uz-UP for 18059@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:57:19 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52263) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0A-0005Uv-Rn; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:57:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4991 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eku0A-00021i-65; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:57:14 -0500 In-reply-to: <87y3k0bdm9.fsf@web.de> (message from Michael Heerdegen on Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:59:10 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:143141 Archived-At: > From: Michael Heerdegen > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:59:10 +0100 > Cc: 18059@debbugs.gnu.org > > Hello Noam, > > thanks for working on this. Seconded. > > +Note that specifying a value, even @code{nil}, marks the variable as > > +special permanently. Whereas if @var{value} is omitted then the > > +variable is only marked special locally (i.e. within the current file A minor Texinfo nit: if you want to use "i.e." without a following comma, you need to follow it with "@:", to tell TeX this period doesn't end a sentence.