From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#30241: Emacs 26.0.91: "Generalized variables" are not defined. Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:43:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20180124200652.GA4493@ACM> <83h8r8ln7u.fsf@gnu.org> <41654c7c-2d8d-44ec-a5c4-dd12014b7a9e@default> <83o9lfk2sy.fsf@gnu.org> <20180210215841.GB4537@ACM> <7e0daea2-f6e1-4b57-a439-df03b35aac3e@default> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1518381756 13651 195.159.176.226 (11 Feb 2018 20:42:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:42:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, 30241@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 11 21:42:31 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 1ekyRr-0001gq-Re for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 21:42:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTt-0007Yu-FG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:44:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53913) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTj-0007XF-AA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:44:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTi-0002wP-Cq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:44:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:58978) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTi-0002wB-AC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:44:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTi-0000PV-3I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:44:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 30241 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 30241-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B30241.15183818181538 (code B ref 30241); Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 30241) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2018 20:43:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38642 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTJ-0000Ok-SB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:43:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34168) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTI-0000OW-PU for 30241@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyTC-0002Kh-K2 for 30241@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:43:31 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41487) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ekyT4-00023r-TN; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ekySw-0008Tq-5O; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:43:14 -0500 In-reply-to: <7e0daea2-f6e1-4b57-a439-df03b35aac3e@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:54:58 -0800 (PST)) 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:143170 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > I've read..., > > and found it clear indeed. However it was also long. After reading it, > > the Elisp sections on generalised variables make much more sense. Is it possible a few more cross-references that explanation would solve the problem? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See https://stallman.org/skype.html.