From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] enhancement to set-variable to set buffer-locally
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 20:37:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020809003743.GA444@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wc3r8harwmq.fsf@eta.cis.ohio-state.edu>
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 09:02:05PM -0400, Benjamin Rutt wrote:
> So, I decided to write a patch that would watch for a prefix arg given
> to the function `set-variable' such that the variable would be set in
> a buffer-local fashion (by calling `make-local-variable').
This seems like a nice idea, but the prompt `Set foo to local value' is wierd
-- it seems to associate `local' with the value _before_ setting, which
doesn't make any sense.
I think something like `Set foo locally in buffer to value' would be better
(if you don't like the length, you could get rid of `in buffer', but I think
it makes the meaning much more clear).
-Miles
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-09 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-08 1:02 [patch] enhancement to set-variable to set buffer-locally Benjamin Rutt
2002-08-09 0:28 ` John Paul Wallington
2002-08-09 0:37 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2002-08-09 16:39 ` Richard Stallman
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