* How to track changes to a variable?
@ 2002-03-27 10:37 Juanma Barranquero
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From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2002-03-27 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
I'm designing an elisp module that uses jit-lock to highlight text that
goes beyond the fill-column.
Supposedly, the module should somehow track (user) changes to the
variable fill-column. As there aren't change hooks for variables, what's
the best way to do it?
I've thought of:
- Advising set-fill-column: not entirely right because programmatic
changes to the variable fill-column won't be detected, but that's OK
because my module is a user-level convenience. However, advising is not
recommended, I think.
- Redefining set-fill-column, storing its original value and calling it
from my function: Ugly, and I don't know what is the gain wrt advising.
- Installing a post-command-hook to check the value of fill-column: OK,
but too heavy-duty (I assume the user is not going to change the fill
column very often).
Any other option that I've overlooked?
Thanks,
/L/e/k/t/u
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