From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: peromsik@ptc.com, 23709@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23709: 24.5; inhibit-eol-conversion breaks archive-7z-summarize
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:56:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <epbmsaalwb.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83tw63oac8.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 05 Apr 2017 05:29:59 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Why is the OP setting this variable to begin with?
>
> I think that a user who sets this variable, as opposed to let-binding
> it for a single operation, is shooting themselves in the foot. This
> is not how this variable is supposed to be used. Just don't do that.
> Any solution we would try to invent for this is going to bite us
> somewhere.
>
> If there are good reasons for setting this variable globally, let's
> hear them. I'm not aware of any use patterns which would require
> that.
It's a customizable user option. It seems perfectly valid to me to set
it globally, for the reasons given in the manual:
some people prefer this to the more subtle '(DOS)' end-of-line type
indication near the left edge of the mode line
I've had it set in my own .emacs for years, as it happens.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-05 15:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-06 21:50 bug#23709: 24.5; inhibit-eol-conversion breaks archive-7z-summarize peromsik
2017-04-04 20:10 ` Glenn Morris
2017-04-05 2:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-05 14:14 ` Peromsik, Aaron
2017-04-05 16:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-06 21:58 ` Peromsik, Aaron
2017-04-07 7:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-05 15:56 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2017-04-05 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-05 19:58 ` Glenn Morris
2017-04-06 2:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-02-14 11:33 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-02-14 11:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-02-15 1:39 ` Noam Postavsky
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