From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display-mm-width return value off on Windows Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:33:21 +0200 Message-ID: <85veq0c9zi.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87slldpd8s.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <44AFB1E1.20906@student.lu.se> <8764i7kywu.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <874pxls3bu.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <85k66hjmy4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152902058 25512 80.91.229.2 (14 Jul 2006 18:34:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:34:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ralf Angeli , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 14 20:34:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SUJ-0007Ui-7r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:34:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SUI-0003P4-N2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:34:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SU7-0003Oy-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:33:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SU5-0003Om-8K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:33:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1SU5-0003Oj-36 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:33:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G1SW7-0003WB-TG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1G1STx-0006Xs-8s; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:33:45 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 309051C3660E; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:33:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:16:28 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:57022 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> (info "(elisp) Multiple Displays") > >> A few Lisp variables are "terminal-local"; that is, they have a >> separate binding for each terminal. The binding in effect at any time >> is the one for the terminal that the currently selected frame belongs >> to. These variables include `default-minibuffer-frame', >> `defining-kbd-macro', `last-kbd-macro', and `system-key-alist'. They >> are always terminal-local, and can never be buffer-local (*note >> Buffer-Local Variables::) or frame-local. > >> Would that not be a case for a terminal-local variable? > > It sounds attractive (the idea of adding a frame-local parameter for it > doesn't seem too appealing since it implies the possibility of returning > different results for different frames of the same display). > > Tho I'm not sure what would happen with multi-head configs. Doesn't multi-head imply multi-display for Emacs? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum