From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6915: Please consider making left-margin-width etc buffer local instead of major mode local Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:51:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282864191 26091 80.91.229.12 (26 Aug 2010 23:09:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:09:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6915@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 27 01:09:50 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OolZt-0001x6-Jo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:09:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39447 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OolZs-0004ll-Uc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53608 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OolZd-0004iZ-CR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OolZV-0003gZ-Of for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OolZV-0003gS-LR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:09:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OolGl-0007vY-IS; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:50:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6915 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6915-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6915.128286299530463 (code B ref 6915); Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6915) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Aug 2010 22:49:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OolGc-0007vI-Ab for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:49:54 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp23.services.sfr.fr ([93.17.128.21]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OolGa-0007vC-05 for 6915@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:49:52 -0400 Original-Received: from filter.sfr.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msfrf2312.sfr.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5AA7B700008F; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:51:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (97.92.71-86.rev.gaoland.net [86.71.92.97]) by msfrf2312.sfr.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 35CB7700008E; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:51:17 +0200 (CEST) X-SFR-UUID: 20100826225117220.35CB7700008E@msfrf2312.sfr.fr Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BA992AE435; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:51:16 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:59:01 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:50:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39776 Archived-At: > To me it looks like it is more likely that it is used as a buffer > local variable (cf linum-mode for example) than a major mode local > variable. You might be right: it affects the whole buffer in a uniform way, so clearly for a multi-major mode buffer, it's not specific to a particular major mode. Seeing how it's a little-used variable, and how it's easier to ignore the permanent-local property on a case-by-case basis than to add it on a case-by-case basis (which means that most vars should be permanent-local until it's shown they shouldn't be, rather than the current reverse situation), I'm in favor of such a change. Stefan